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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Frames of Consciousness - Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on? What a new consciousness-detector reveals [aeon, 18 May 2020]

Title:
Frames of Consciousness

Author:
Joel Frohlich, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Published:
aeon, 18 May 2020
https://aeon.co/essays/to-say-what-consciousness-is-science-explores-where-it-isnt

From the article:
“As the challenges of mini-brains and AI both make clear, the study of consciousness has shed its esoteric roots and is no longer a mere pastime of the ivory tower. Understanding consciousness really matters—after all, the wellbeing of conscious minds depends on it.”