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On Consciousness & the Brain with Bernard Baars

On Consciousness & the Brain with Bernard Baars


On Consciousness & the Brain with Bernard Baars

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28 episodes
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English
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Podcast

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Open-minded conversations on some new ideas about the scientific study of consciousness & the brain. Join Bernard Baars - originator of Global Workspace Theory (GWT), acclaimed author in psychobiology and one of the founders of the modern science of consciousness - to discover the conscious brain.
Language:
English
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#27 — Is Willpower Like Muscle Power? with Roy F. Baumeister

How do we regulate our impulsive emotions, resist temptation, break bad habits, and com...

66 minutes
Mar 27, 2023

#26 — Smell, Taste & Consciousness with Dr. Stuart Firestein

Neurobiologist Stuart Firestein, one of the world's leading experts on olfaction, joins...

91 minutes
Feb 02, 2023

#25 — Human Consciousness and AI: What Does the Future Hold? with Susan Schneider and Rachel St. Clair

In this episode, we examine Human Consciousness and AI, and particularly the popular id...

92 minutes
Jan 02, 2023

#24 — The Conscious Brain Evolved with David Edelman, Jay Giedd & Mark Mitton

The home of the late Nobel Laureate, Gerald Edelman, is the setting for this elevated d...

43 minutes
Nov 22, 2022

#23 — Global Workspace Theory (GWT) and Prefrontal Cortex: Recent Developments (Baars et al., 2021)

We think of the cortex in terms of anatomical regions, but the cortex works as a whole....

83 minutes
Oct 18, 2022

#22 — Consciousness Has an Integrative Function with Neuroscientist, David Edelman

“Can consciousness be seen as the key to understanding our surroundings and organizing ...

26 minutes
Jul 11, 2022

#21 — The Duet of Physics & Psychology with Psychophysicist, Stanley Klein

"Subjectivity and consciousness are the two main mysteries that science is still faced ...

63 minutes
Jun 06, 2022

#20 — Neural Traffic Flow in the Conscious Brain with Dr. Jay Giedd

The brain seeks meaning and patterns. It would be very adaptive to do so in nature, bec...

36 minutes
May 03, 2022

#19 — The Sleeping Brain: Better Than a Cup of Coffee

Studies show that, especially for young children, if you prematurely wake them up and d...

25 minutes
Mar 18, 2022

#18 — Global Workspace Functions, the Brain and Consciousness: Connectivity, Waking, & Sleep - Part III

Global Workspace Theory is probably oversimplified, just like the Newtonian theory of t...

103 minutes
Mar 17, 2022