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№ P4ZL
Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Posthumous) · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pioneer in the modern scientific study of psychedelics, his landmark 2006 psilocybin study at Johns Hopkins revived legitimate psychedelic research. His work demonstrated lasting positive effects of mystical experiences induced by psilocybin. Deceased 2023.
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.
