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Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
Christof Koch • 33 highlights
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if you believe in computational functionalism, then a sufficiently accurate simulation of your connectome will be conscious (whether it will be your mind, let alone a sane rather than a mad mind, is a different matter). If you believe that consciousness is a structure of causal relationships, an essential aspect of reality tied to its physical subs
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The Bayesian Brain and Meditation
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Cognition, in this view, is a dynamical process that happens not only within and between brains, but across a variety of biological, behavioural and social levels of organisation.
Sofia Quaglia • How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another
In understandable language, Richard J. Haier explains cutting-edge techniques based on genetics, DNA, and imaging of brain connectivity and function.
Richard J. Haier • The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)
Another consistent finding is a slight increase in the complexity of EEG and MEG signals during the psychedelic experience. It is not clear whether this is a consequence of enhanced causal interactions within the neocortex or more chaotic activity.