- Cognitive Neuroscience Discussion Group -

Faculty and Students
interested in addressing a broad range of topics
on the Mind-Brain from a variety of disciplinary perspectives
are invited to join the
Cognitive Neuroscience discussion group

Meetings every Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:30 in SC 200

Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 14 in SC 200 at noon
We'll discuss Chs 3 & 4

This summer's book is Christof Koch'sThe Quest for Consciousness.

Consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. How do the elemental feelings and sensations making up conscious experience, the redness of red and painfulness of pain, arise from the concerted actions of nerve cells and their associated synaptic and molecular processes? Can such feelings be explained by modern science, or is some quite different kind of explanation needed? And how can this seemingly intractable problem be approached experimentally? Designed as an introduction to the field and drawing upon anatomical, physiological, clinical and psychological observations, this book seeks answers to these questions within a neurobiological framework; that is, how do the operations of the conscious mind emerge out of the specific interactions of myriads of neurons. (Book description from questforconsciousness.com/)


Links

Quest for Consciousness website
Interview with Koch
Chris Frith review
Bernard Baars review
Martinez-Conde review
Jeremy Wolfe review
Searle review in NYRB (01.13.05) [requires password]
Harnad-Searle exchange in NYRB (06.23.05)

 


Film Clips


Books Previously Discussed

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For more information contact Mark Bardgett (bardgettm@nku.edu), Rudy Garns (garns@nku.edu), or Kevin Kirby (kirby@nku.edu)