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Richard Davidson

№ J2Y2

Richard Davidson

Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry · University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WIWebsite

Research Areas

NeuroscienceMeditationContemplative Neuroscience

About

Pioneer in contemplative neuroscience, studying meditation and well-being. Founded Center for Healthy Minds, collaborates with the Dalai Lama.

Publications

  • Altered Traits
  • The Emotional Life of Your Brain

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.

Attention Schema Theory (AST)

Michael Graziano's theory that consciousness is the brain's simplified model of its own attention process.

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