Syllabus
This course will review philosophical and psychological theories of consciousness and cover a variety of studies investigating the neural correlates of consciousness. In particular, this course will focus on the neural bases of consciousness involved in visual perception.
Course Description
This course will review philosophical and psychological theories of consciousness and cover a variety of studies investigating the neural correlates of consciousness. In particular, this course will focus on the neural bases of consciousness involved in visual perception.
Course Objectives
Week 1 : Introduction to the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Week 2 : The Early Visual System
Week 3 : When Consciousness Fails
Week 4 : Neural Activity (Firing Rates, Oscillations and Synchronization)
Week 5 : The Architecture of Cortex and the NCC
Week 6 : Selective Visual Attention
Week 7 : Attention and Consciousness
Week 8 : The Zombie Within
Week 9 : The Functions of Consciousness
Week 10 : Memory and Consciousness
Week 11 : On Time and Consciousness
Week 12 : Binocular rivalry and flash suppression
Week 13 : 의식의 분할과 분할 뇌
Week 14 : (Free Will I) Cartesian Free Will
Week 15 : (Free Will II)
Week 16 : (Integrated Information Theory)
