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№ J7G8
Scientific Director · Max Planck Society / Social Neuroscience Lab
Neuroscientist who pioneered research on empathy, compassion, and social emotions. Led the ReSource Project, the largest longitudinal study on meditation-based mental training.
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.
