№ 9U7T
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Stanford University
Neuroscientist studying time perception, sensory substitution, and consciousness. Creator of the Neosensory vest for sensory augmentation. Known for making neuroscience accessible to general audiences.
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.