Models of Consciousness Conferences Courses

David Chalmers – Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function

Explore the intriguing theory of consciousness collapsing quantum wave functions, combining integrated information theory with quantum collapse dynamics and discussing potential experimental tests.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

William Marshall – A Measure for Intrinsic Information

Explores a unique information measure reflecting intrinsic perspectives in communication, with implications for integrated information theory and consciousness.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Karl Friston – Deep Inference

Karl Friston explores the connection between perceptual inference and decision-making in cognitive neuroscience, examining whether these seemingly different processes share underlying information theoretic principles.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Quantum Collapse Models and Awareness

Exploring quantum collapse models as a key to understanding awareness, linking quantum physics with consciousness and integrated information theory.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Neural Sense Relations and Consciousness - A Diagrammatic Approach

Explores neural sense relations and consciousness through inversion symmetry, proposing a topological model linking subject-object domains in brain function, with implications for understanding subjective experience.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Expected Float Entropy Minimisation: A Relationship Content Theory of Consciousness

Explores a mathematical theory of consciousness called Expected Float Entropy minimization, proposing how the brain defines conscious content through relationships and information processing.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Toward a Formal Model of Free Will

Explores a formal model of perceived free will using statistical emergence, offering concrete measures for analyzing choice ensembles and free will.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Awareness - An Operational Theoretical Approach

Exploring awareness as a form of information using operational probabilistic theory, examining its private nature and potential connection to quantum coherence, with implications for cognitive sciences.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Structure Invention by Conscious Agents

Explore consciousness as fundamental and the physical world as emergent. Learn about Interface Theory of Perception, Conscious Realism, and evolutionary game theory in this thought-provoking talk.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Large Scale Simulations of Information Processing Within the Human Cortex

Explore large-scale simulations of the human cortex, examining emergent internal states and their implications for understanding consciousness and information processing in the brain.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On the Mathematical Basis of Models of Consciousness

Explore the mathematical foundations of consciousness models, examining structures to describe experience and developing a systematic framework based on philosophical concepts.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Aïda Elamrani - Inputs, Outputs, and Meta-Models

Explore inputs, outputs, and meta-models in consciousness science, examining a unifying framework to compare diverse theories and bridge the mind-matter divide.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Stuart Hameroff - Anesthetic Action on Quantum Terahertz Oscillations in Microtubules

Explore quantum oscillations in microtubules and their role in consciousness, including anesthetic effects and the Orch OR theory, with insights from Stuart Hameroff.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Chasing Memories

Exploring synaptic dynamics in memory formation, focusing on competitive mechanisms that lead to long-term memory emergence in neural networks and their implications for understanding human memory.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Generalised Integrated Information Theories

Exploring generalizations of Integrated Information Theory to address technical issues and extend applicability beyond classical systems, using category theory and process theories.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video