[PDF] Top 20 Perspectives on the Neuroscience of Cognition and Consciousness

... framework of how one might think about this: a heuristic that may be worth a closer look. Though possibly defeating myself, I want to supplement this with an additional message to the Psychologist and Philosospher: ... See full document

... Modern consciousness studies is in a healthy state, with extensive, well established research programmes in the cognitive sciences, neurosciences and related ...of consciousness may not be to show that the ... See full document

... of Neuroscience sary condition, but not a sufficient condition to ...describing consciousness as a system with high ...of consciousness [92] ...of consciousness than an average ...describing ... See full document

... in neuroscience ―either probabilities of connections between neurons and networks or as probability of transitions between brain states― has resulted in important insights in the characterization of nervous system ... See full document

... the neuroscience and physics lines of re- search, but absent invocation of either dynamic systems the- ory or statistical mechanics, is what Adams (2003) has char- acterized as ‘the informational turn in ... See full document

... theoretical perspectives, current dy- namic systems models of neural networks, or their computer simulations, simply do not reflect the imperatives of Adams’ (2003) informational turn in ... See full document

... McCormack and Hoerl (2001) suggest that EM relies on ‘temporal perspective taking’ abilities, which, in turn, rely upon having a concept of time that incorporates both ‘nonperspectival’ and ‘perspectival’ temporal ... See full document

... that consciousness is fundamentally a social phenomenon, a claim that rests on recent empirical research that suggests that social pains (just like physical pains) share significant brain ...(first-person) ... See full document

... She also observes that Runyararo’s artistry, mat-weaving, represents Vera’s search for “a specific post-colonial writing that will retain the features of pre- coloni[r] ... See full document

... In search of a ray of light in the middle of this dense forest and in the face of the fact that CN studies have not directly considered the understanding of culture gained from anthropology, the NA combines the ... See full document

... producing consciousness has garnered substantial ...psychology, neuroscience and, recently, in Christian ...term consciousness is vague, and seemingly lacks a proper working ...viewed ... See full document

... namely consciousness, motor function, attention, memory, higher cognition, personality, and affect, and, for each of these, we summarize recent findings from neuroimaging studies which have provided ... See full document

... in neuroscience and engineering studies, which have typic- ally not been widely tested nor require particular adminis- trator certification, as we will see in the next ... See full document

... The American Academy of Family Physicians recom- mends screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea in sexually active females aged ≤ 24 years and in older women who are at increased risk fo[r] ... See full document

... in consciousness as well as the levels of consciousness and sub-consciousness can only be evaluated in an ...of consciousness and vice ... See full document

... The Christian religion and paganism have been intersected during the renaissance era. Renaissance thinkers have revived the classical works by appraising them from immanent Christian perspectives. On the other ... See full document

... meta-representation (Stuss et al. 2001, Ozonoff et al. 1991), which is in turn deemed to be an important requisite for sophisticated intra-species communication. Further- more, the view that executive functions are the ... See full document

... normal consciousness ranging from vegetative (or apallic) state, akinetic mutism, low awareness state (minimal reac- tive, minimal conscious state), to locked-in syndrome or states which are not yet identified and ... See full document

... their perspectives about counselling patients with diabetes, they reported that they usually counsel patients about the administration of medications but do not progress to more comprehensive counselling about the ... See full document

... There is also the possibility that a third site could be contributing to the coherence measure, and as mentioned in the introduction, the DMN and the alpha rhythm are viewed as a hub of information transfer and ... See full document