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GLOBAL WORKSPACE THEORY (GWT): Origins & Evidence
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Medicine, Psychology
- Information Sciences
- Video & Audio Lessons
- Quizzes
- PDF Transcripts
- PDF Readings
- Baars' Latest Book
- All Levels
- 5h 18m
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The Secret of Animal Consciousness: Anatomy is Destiny
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Behavioral Psychology
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- Quizzes
- PDF Transcripts
- Baars' Latest Book
- All Levels
- 3h 48m
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The Developing Brain & Consciousness
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Video & Audio Lessons
- Quizzes
- PDF Transcripts
- Baars' Latest Book
- All Levels
- 3h 48m
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CORTEX IS THE ORGAN OF MIND: Understanding the Evidence
- Fundamental Science
- Video & Audio Lessons
- Quizzes
- Baars' Latest Book
- PDF Transcripts
- PDF Readings
- All Levels
- 6h 48m
Global Workspace Theory (GWT): Origins & Evidence
How can we use models and metaphors to understand large domains of evidence bearing on our personal experience? Here we examine the widely used framework called Global Workspace Theory (GWT) ⎯ its history, evidence supporting dynamic brain aspects, and some core predictions of GWT, including widespread “integration and broadcasting.”
The Developing Brain & Consciousness
“In the context of developing human brains, how can we understand consciousness?” A thoughtful roundtable discussion exploring a neuroanatomy and neuro-function approach to some fundamental issues that confront the science of consciousness.
The Secret of Animal Consciousness: Is Anatomy Destiny?
Do all nonhuman animals with cortex have at least some kind of consciousness? Neuroscientists Bernard Baars and David Edelman explore animal consciousness, issues it presents, a comparative framework for investigating subjectivity, and potential future for this area of study.
STUDENTS RECEIVE BAARS' BOOK UPON ENROLLMENT — a foundation for courses.
“A clear-eyed, open-minded analysis of the problems of consciousness, and a wide-ranging synthesis of a variety of approaches. For those who want to join the race to model consciousness, this is the starting line.”
DANIEL C. DENNETT, PhD (1942-2024)
Author; Cognitive Scientist & Philosopher, Tufts University
Consciousness is a core question of life.
Making progress in understanding therefore has an endless number of benefits ⎯ philosophical, scientific, medical, and practical.
BERNARD J. BAARS, PhD
Author & Psychobiologist, Center for the Future Mind, FAU
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