July 3rd 1996 - July 30th 1996
The first electronic seminar of the Association for the Scientific Study
of Consciousness (ASSC) will explore the relationship of thalamocortical
processes to consciousness.
Parallel to the general renaissance of the study of consciousness over
the past decade has been a renewed interest in the contributions of
subcortical structures of the CNS to functions such as selective
attention, memory, neural binding, etc. Situated at the center of the
brain, the thalamus has become increasingly implicated in functions
related to the global integration of cognitive processes. This seminar
will explore several recent models that suggest the thalamocortical
system plays an integral role in consciousness experience.
SEMINAR LEADER
James Newman, Colorado Neurological Institute
PARTICIPANTS
Bernard Baars, The Wright Institute
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Seoul
Owen Flanagan, Duke University
Anthony Grace, University of Pittsburg
Jeffrey Gray, Inst. Psychiatry, London
Valerie Hardcastle, Virginia Tech
Christof Koch, California Institute for Technology
Thomas Metzinger, Zentrum fur Phil. & Grundlagen d. Wissenschaft
Kevin Sauve, New York University
John Taylor, Kings College, London
While the seminar is closed to the public its proceedings are available
from the ASSC website:
http://www.phil.vt.edu/ASSC/esem.html
Currently the website has a summary paper written by James Newman and
will shortly have commentaries and open discussion by the invited
participants.
And you can follow the discussion *live* by joining the mailing list
ASSC-V. To do so send the following message to <listserv at iris.rfmh.org>:
SUBSCRIBE ASSC-V YourFirstName YourLastName
The ASSC-V list has been set up to allow the public timely access to
seminar discussions. Please understand that *it is not a discussion
list*, but simply a means for dissemination of discussion to the public.
However you invited to post your thoughts on the seminar to Psyche-D. To
join Psyche-D send the following message to <listserv at iris.rfmh.org>:
SUBSCRIBE Psyche-D YourFirstName YourLastName
For more information about the seminar, or ASSC in general, please check
out the ASSC www site <http://www.phil.vt.edu/ASSC/> or feel free to
contact me.
Patrick Wilken
patrickw at cs.monash.edu.au
