by Bernard J. Baars | Apr 6, 2023 | conscious brain, Conscious Experiences, Cortex and Consciousness, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
EXPLORING THE SCIENCE OF EGO DEPLETION & WILLPOWER WITH PSYCHOLOGIST ROY F. BAUMEISTER Episode 27 features Professor Roy Baumeister, one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists, known for his work on the self, social rejection,...
by Bernard J. Baars | Feb 19, 2023 | conscious brain, Conscious Experiences, Cortex and Consciousness, Global Workspace Theory, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
The olfactory system detects molecular odorants. It has both similarities and differences from the other senses. We often talk about five major senses: vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Actually, there are more than five, like pain, sensory...
by Bernard J. Baars | Dec 27, 2022 | AI, conscious brain, Conscious Experiences, Cortex and Consciousness, Global Workspace Theory, Neurorobotics, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
Dr. Susan Schneider is Founding Director of FAU’s Center for the Future Mind, and co-director of the MPCR Lab at FAU’s new Gruber Sandbox, a large facility which builds AI systems drawing from neuroscience research and philosophical developments. For the...
by Bernard J. Baars | Nov 20, 2022 | conscious brain, Conscious Experiences, Cortex and Consciousness, Global Workspace Theory, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
The home of the late Nobel Laureate, Gerald Edelman, is the setting for an elevated discussion on human consciousness among three neuroscientists and a professional magician. Bernie Baars opens the discussion by asking what is on top of everyone’s...
by Bernard J. Baars | Oct 15, 2022 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
“One of the major errors in the Raccah et al. (2021) paper is that Raccah and his co-authors looked at the different brain regions as separate “neighborhoods,” without taking into consideration the functional interactions between its different parts.” –...
by Bernard J. Baars | Oct 1, 2022 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
“Can consciousness be seen as the key to understanding our surroundings and organizing our actions?” – David Edelman, PhD, Neuroscientist and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College Episode 22 of...
by Bernard J. Baars | Sep 15, 2022 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
“Subjectivity and consciousness are the two main mysteries that science is still faced with. I’m an optimist. I believe that in the next half a century we might make progress on understanding consciousness.” – Stanley A. Klein,...
by Bernard J. Baars | Sep 1, 2022 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Psychobiology
“The brain seeks meaning and patterns. It would be very adaptive to do so in nature, because you need to know how to predict danger and to develop social ties. So our brains are very good at recognizing patterns, but also at creating them, even when...
