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Sociology of human consciousness uses the theories and methodology of sociology to explain human consciousness. The theory and its models emphasize the importance of language, collective representations, self-conceptions, and self-reflectivity. It argues that the shape and feel of human consciousness is heavily social.
The official journal of the society is the open-access journal Neuroscience of Consciousness. [1] The association published the open-access journal Psyche until 2010. The association provides a freely available e-print archive of papers relevant to the study of consciousness. The society also publishes occasional edited books on selected topics.
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness is a 2021 non-fiction book by neuroscientist Anil Seth, published by Faber and Faber. The book explores the author's theory of consciousness and the self . Seth also looks at the relationship between humans, animals, and the potential for machines to have consciousness.
The novelist Andre Dubus III tutored Hoel on writing when he was 13. [11]Hoel has published essays in The Atlantic [12] and The Baffler, [13] among others. [14]The Revelations. In 2021, Hoel published The Revelations, a mystery novel set at New York University concerning a fictional scholarship program that brings together eight young consciousness researchers, one of whom is murdered. [15]
Given the absence of any accepted criterion of the minimal neuronal correlates necessary for consciousness, the distinction between a persistently vegetative patient who shows regular sleep-wave transitions and may be able to move or smile, and a minimally conscious patient who can communicate (on occasion) in a meaningful manner (for instance ...
Holonomic brain theory is a branch of neuroscience investigating the idea that consciousness is formed by quantum effects in or between brain cells. Holonomic refers to representations in a Hilbert phase space defined by both spectral and space-time coordinates. [1]
The Astonishing Hypothesis is mostly concerned with establishing a basis for scientific study of consciousness; however, Crick places the study of consciousness within a larger social context. Human consciousness according to Crick is central to human existence and so scientists find themselves approaching topics traditionally left to ...
Anil Kumar Seth (born 11 June 1972) is a British neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex.A proponent of materialist explanations of consciousness, [1] he is currently amongst the most cited scholars on the topics of neuroscience and cognitive science globally.