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№ B10A
Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine · UC San Diego
Neuroscientist who created brain organoids ("mini-brains") that spontaneously generate electrical activity resembling preterm infant EEG patterns, raising questions about consciousness in lab-grown neural tissue.
Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)
Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.
Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)
Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.
Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)
The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.
Idealism in Philosophy of Mind
Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.
