№ CCS6
Melanie Wilke
Professor of Cognitive Neurology · University Medical Center Goettingen
Research Areas
About
Neuroscientist studying the neural correlates of visual awareness using neuroimaging and lesion studies, focusing on how subcortical structures contribute to conscious perception.
Publications
- Neural activity in the visual thalamus reflects perceptual suppression
- Pulvinar thalamic contributions to visual consciousness
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.
