Advanced Seminar Readings 

 

 

Readings for Saturday, 2 pm, October 4. Bernard Baars will be presenting DISCUSSION PAPER A  Global Workspace Interpretation of the MTL-NC system. Baars - DISCUSSION PAPER - Advanced Seminar Oct 4 2008.pdf

 

(MTL is the medial temporal lobe, which includes the hippocampus. NC is the neocortex, which is the great bulk of human cortex.)

 

The Baars draft Discussion Paper  should not be cited or quoted; it is still very much in a process of  revision.

 

For background on the MTL system (the hippocampus and related structure), here is a chapter from Baars & Gage (2007) textbook, Cognition, Brain & Consciousness: An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience. Baars&Gage_2007_cbc_CH009.pdf

 

This chapter is copyrighted by Elsevier, Inc. (Academic Press), and should only be used for this seminar. (But you're welcome to buy the book! (:)) ). Chinese and Korean language editions are in the works... . You can find it on the Elsevier textbook website, and on Amazon.com.

Here are some additional pictures that are useful:

 

 9cH Best Medial Hippos- Vuilleumier Amygdala TICS 2005.jpg

 

 entorhin = paraHippocampal system - good.jpg

 

Self-localization in hippo-ento.pdf

 

 

Brain rhythms & consciousness.  Consciousness & the brain - some broader issues. Animal Consciousness --- a fast-moving field of (re-) discovery... Meeting planner (for future use)

 

Brain rhythms & consciousness. 

 

 

 

 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD ANY ARTICLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.

 

Brain Rhythms Reading 1. A great example of "contrastive analysis," comparing conscious vs. unconscious visual perception. The conscious condition showed much more widespread rhythmic brain synchrony than the unconscious condition. This is an important expansion previous work  led by one of the co-authors, Wolf Singer. You can download by clicking on the blue underlined pdf file, below. This article is also available free from the journal. You can also find it on PubMed.

 

Melloni, L. et al (2007) Synchronization of neural activity across cortical areas correlates with concious perception. Journal of Neuroscience. March.

 

Conscious vs unconscious perception J_NS2007.pdf

 

Suggestion: Just read the Abstract a few times, until  you get the idea, and then focus on the Figures and their captions.

 

 

Figure showing experimental design: Conscious vs unconscious perception J_NS2007.pdf.jpg

 

Figure showing results: Conscious vs unconscious perception J_NS2007.pdf-3.jpg

 

 

Additional Brain Rhythm articles:

 

 

*** JENSEN hippo theta phase locking TICS 2006.pdf

 

4. Varella et al 2004 Waves of cncs

 

 

very high alpha corr temp cort.pdf

 

*** CH ATTEN & CSNS Engel & Singer Time binding TICS 2001.pdf

 

Basar Gamma Theta Delta cognitive proc Intl J Psychophysiol2001.pdf

 

Buszaki Oscill in Cortex SCIENCE200x.pdf

 

Bressler & Kelso - Coortical coordination - TICS2001.pdf

 

coherent EEEG multiple band binding C&C2007 Klemm.pdf

 

COMPETING POPS --- fMRI directed attention SCIENCE Ungerleider Desimone.pdf

 

D Lehmann EEG gamma meditation Psychiatry Res NI 2001.pdf

 

Consciousness - Nunez & Srinivasan EEG bk website.tiff

 

Freeman - 10 Hz phase reset for beta coherence HBMproof.pdf

 

Freeman Action-Perception Cycle Phase diagram2.pdf

 

 

Consciousness & the brain - some broader issues.

 

 

Functions of Consciousness.pdf

 

 Blanke_Out of Body Exp_Nature02.pdf

 

Criteria - Seth et al 2004.pdf

 

JCSHow brain rev mind Baars.pdf

 

Locked in volitional brain NI2007.pdf

 

Baars & Franklin GW-IDA Summary in NeuralNets2007.pdf

 

Baars, Subjective not just human.pdf

 

SchiavoNature2005.pdf

 

Schooler - Re-representing csns - TICS2002.pdf

 

TM research refs - good.pdf

 

lutz dunne davidson 2006 meditation Cambridge Handbook.pdf

 

subjectivehappinessscale.pdf

 

Baars_Theater_JCS1997.pdf

 

Albert Ellis Irrational Beliefs 1-6.tiff

 

Dehaene_classic_fMRIs.jpg

 

Haynes_CurrentBiology_2007-1.pdf

 

7. MarilSchacter_TOTfMRI.pdf

 

EtkinetalUcsAmyg2004.pdf

 

Economist - consciousness 2007 out of body.pdf

 

MerkerBBSrevised.pdf

 

B_Merker_VegasFinalVersion.pdf

 

CH Atten & Csns - Koch Tsuchiya Atten & Csns - TICS2005.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 A way to define group members (for future use)

 

 

• J (AIM: Jesse89235)
• C (email me)

 

 

Animal Consciousness --- a fast-moving field of (re-) discovery...

 

1. Marian Stamp Dawkins - Through animal eyes. Marian Stamp Dawkins - animal eyes 2006.pdf
2. Bernard J. Baars  - Does the platypus dream? Baars Platypus Dreams.pdf
3. Baars, Subjectivity is not limited to humans. Baars,+Subjective+not+just+human.pdf
4. Seth et al, Criteria for consciousness in other species. Criteria - Seth et al 2004.pdf
5. Byrne & Bates, Current Biology, Why animals are cognitive. WhyAnimalsCognitive.pdf
6. Panksepp, Core emotional feelings in animals and humans. Consciousness & Cognition. Panksepp Core Emotions C&C 2005.pdf
7. Denton, Thirst as an early conscious feeling. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. PNAS_Thirst_Consciousness.pdf
8. Eisenberger & Lieberman, Why rejection hurts. Trends on Cog Sci, 200x, why rejection hurts.pdf

9. animal csns ANIMAL WELFARE -BJB .rtf

    

    

 

Meeting planner (for future use)

 

 

Who	When I can meet
Jesse	M-F, 8am-5pm
Chris	Anytime after 2pm
Dana	Saturday, 5pm
Pat	Sunday, 4pm-8pm