
№ V8L8
Director of Research and Innovation · Brown University Mindfulness Center
Neuroscientist and mindfulness expert researching the neuroscience of habit change and addiction. Developed app-based mindfulness treatments.
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.