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№ CA55

Michael Graziano

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · Princeton University

Princeton, NJWebsite

Research Areas

Computational ModelingConsciousnessNeuroscience

About

Neuroscientist who developed the Attention Schema Theory, proposing that consciousness is the brain's simplified model of its own attention processes. His theory offers a mechanistic explanation for subjective awareness.

Publications

  • Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
  • Consciousness and the Social Brain
  • God, Soul, Mind, Brain: A Neuroscientist's Reflections on the Spirit World
  • The Attention Schema Theory: A Mechanistic Account of Subjective Awareness

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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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