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Cognitive neuroscientist studying how meditation training affects attention, consciousness, and brain plasticity. Her work showed that intensive meditation can reduce the attentional blink.
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.
Attention Schema Theory (AST)
Michael Graziano's theory that consciousness is the brain's simplified model of its own attention process.
