#844 Hakwan Lau - In Consciousness We Trust: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience
Dr. Hakwan Lau is Principal Investigator for the Laboratory for Consciousness at Riken Institute. He works on the neural mechanisms of conscious perception, attention, and sensory metacognition, using human fMRI and Bayesian computational modeling. He is the author of In Consciousness We Trust: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience.
In this episode, we focus on In Consciousness We Trust. We talk about approaching consciousness from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience, and issues with approaches from physics and philosophy. We discuss different notions of consciousness, and the distinction between global and local theories of consciousness. We talk about the neural correlates of consciousness line of research, lesion and simulation studies, and localizationist and modular perspectives of the brain. We also talk about Michael Gazzaniga, the split-brain patients, and the interpretative theory of consciousness. We discuss the functions of consciousness. We talk about what we can learn from AI research. We discuss what we really know about animal consciousness, and if AI can be conscious. We talk about how social and clinical scientists approach consciousness. Finally, we discuss the hard problem of consciousness.
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Intro
Approaching consciousness from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience
Approaches from physics and philosophy
Different notions of consciousness
Global versus local theories of consciousness
The neural correlates of consciousness
Lesion and stimulation studies
Localizationist and modular perspectives of the brain
Michael Gazzaniga, the split-brain patients, and the interpretative theory of consciousness
The functions of consciousness
A centrist approach to consciousness
What we can learn from AI research
What do we know about animal consciousness?
Can AI be conscious?
How social and clinical scientists approach consciousness
The hard problem of consciousness
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Follow Dr. Lau’s work:
University page: http://bit.ly/3wcWiss
Website: http://bit.ly/3Xiva77
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3XpRUSP
In Consciousness We Trust: https://bit.ly/42aGxQi
Twitter handle: @hakwanlau