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Jonathan Cohen

Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professor in Neuroscience · Princeton University

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Research Areas

ConsciousnessComputational ModelingNeuroscience

About

Computational neuroscientist studying cognitive control, attention, and consciousness through computational modeling. Developed influential models of prefrontal cortex function.

Publications

  • An integrative theory of locus coeruleus-norepinephrine function
  • The expected value of control: an integrative theory of anterior cingulate cortex function

Related Guides

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.

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