Open-minded Discussions on Some New Ideas About the Scientific Study of Consciousness & the Brain.

Consciousness is a fundamental scientific question of life.

Together, we will gain a deeper understanding of some of the most definitive evidence in medical science about cortical connectivity and the complexities of the living brain.

Throughout my career, I have been deeply influenced by the need to bring the study of consciousness into the scientific fold.

In the mid-20th century, behaviorism dominated psychology, dismissing consciousness as an unobservable and thus unscientific phenomenon. However, I believed that understanding consciousness was crucial for a complete picture of the human mind.

Thankfully, the fundamental topic of consciousness has made a spectacular return in medicine and brain science, and therefore, also, the psychological sciences.

We now have over 40 years of significant scientific research on the role of the conscious brain and how it relates to emotions, cognitions, development, and language that we can envision an integrated conception of the human mind, combining the humanities and the sciences.

Throughout human history, people have perceived the conscious brain as the great nexus of human life, of social relationships, of their personal identities and histories, in encounters with new challenges. Consciousness under its many labels and manifestations is widely seen to be one of the core mysteries of life.

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