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№ BYT7
Research Associate & Adjunct Professor · New York University
Neuroscientist studying nondual awareness — a form of consciousness characterized by the collapse of the subject-object duality. Uses fMRI to study meditators experiencing nondual states.
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.
