Concurrent Sessions Report (174)
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Dis-illusioning Experience William S. Robinson (Iowa State University, Ames, IA ) [13]
- Panqualityism, Awareness and the Explanatory Gap Jakub Mihalik (Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom) [89]
- Integrated World Modeling Theory (IWMT): Combining Integrated Information and Global Workspace Theories with the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference Framework Adam Safron (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN ) [64]
- Juxtaposing David Bohm's 'New Theory of the Relationship of Mind and Matter' and Russelian Monism In Order to Make Progress on the Problem of 'Direct Phenomenal Concepts' Nikolaus Von Stillfried (Phenoscience Laboratories, Braunschweig, Germany) [74]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Robot Self-consciousness By Inner Speech and Mental Images Generation Antonio Chella (Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy) [44]
- What Can Theoretical Computer Science Contribute to the Discussion of Consciousness? Lenore Blum , Manuel Blum; Avrim Blum (Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA ) [3]
- Selfhood and Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence Daniel Montoya , Stephen Gill; Whitney Wall (Psychology, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC ) [48]
- The Attention Schema of Linux Steven Schkolne (Los Angeles, CA ) [49]
- Artificial Intelligence and Metaphysical Limitations with Implications for the Nature of the Self and the Phenomenal Consciousness Mihretu Guta (Philosophy, Biola University, Azusa Pacific University and Addis Ababa University, La Mirada, Azusa and Addis Aba, CA ) [45]
- Refuting Algorithmic Consciousness: Why Mind Uploading and Conscious Computers are Impossible Andrew Knight (Department of Physics, NYU, Department of Physics, Graduate Student, New York, NY ) [47]
- AI and Illusionism as a Risk to Altruism - and new musings about the Fermi Paradox Florian Habermacher (Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, Zurich, Switzerland) [58]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Modularity Allows Classification of Human Brain Networks During Music and Speech Perception Melia Bonomo , Christof Karmonik, Houston Methodist Research Institute / Weill Cornell Medical College; Anthony Brandt, Rice University; J Todd Frazier, Houston Methodist Hospital (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX ) [137]
- Functional Brain Activity in Altered States of Consciousness Induced By Mechanical Stimulation of the Olfactory Epithelium Gabriele Penazzi , Andrea Zaccaro; Andrea De Vito; Danilo Menicucci; Andrea Piarulli; Luca Bruschini; Angelo Gemignani; Nicola De Pisapia (Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna Italy) [138]
- The hierarchy system of functional human brain revealed by intracranial electroencephalography. Dongju Yang , Aihua Liu, Tao Yu, Yuping Wang (this work has not been published yet, Beijing, China) [141]
- Do we perceive the world differently if we need to evaluate our percept? - an EEG study Jessica Knoetzele , Joos, Ellen; Kornmeier, Juergen (Perception And Cognition Group, Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg, BADEN WUERTTEMBERG Germany) [110]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- The Role of Imagination in Teaching Philosophy and the Philosophy of
Consciousness Maria Kasmirli (Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Sheffield, UK, Sheffield UK & Herakli, Cyprus) [93]
- Who am I? Exploring the nature of self, experience and reality with children Donna Thomas (Health and Wellbeing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom) [80]
- Application of the Principles of Learning Theory to the Organization and Development of Living Systems (life) and Consciousness. Scott Koshland (Independent Researcher, Coronado, CALIFORNIA ) [32]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- It's About Time Francoise Tibika (The Institute Of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel) [227]
- From Physical Time to a Dualistic Model of Human Time Ronald Gruber , Carlos Montemayor; Richard A. Block (Clinical Assoc. Professor, Stanford University Medical Center; UCSF, Stanford, CA ) [218]
- Is Consciousness or Time Real? "It's About Time" - We were careful what we reify. Stephen Deiss (Institute for Neural Computation, UC San Diego - INC/ISNL, La Jolla, CA ) [215]
- A New Approach to 'Becoming Time' part 1 Jeff Tollaksen , Prof. Gurucharan Khalsa (Physics, Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Laguna Beach, CA ) [203]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Exploring the Electrical Tunability of Tubulin and Microtubules Aarat Kalra , Jack Tuszynski (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada) [242]
- Probing The Non-classicality of Biological System of Np Corona Using
Classical Electrodynamic Experiments In The Ghz Range Soami Daya Krishnananda , Urvashi, Zeeshan (Department of Physics &, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh India) [239]
- The Qbit Theory of Consciousness Majid Beshkar (Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)) [261]
- The Microtubule Cytoskeleton as a Direct On-pathway Target of Psychoactive Compounds Travis Craddock (Psychology and Neuroscience, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL ) [238]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Mindfulness Training Alters Neural Activity During Self-reflection: Treating Depression Symptomatology in Adults with Autism Broc Pagni , Melissa Walsh, Emily Foldes, Ann Sebren, Maria Dixon, Leslie Baxter, Cory Riecken, Caleb Haynes, B. Blair Braden (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ ) [98]
- Attention Without Thought & Being Fully Alive Michael Kutch (Sierra Vista, AZ ) [149]
- Epigenetics Control Health and Disease and Consciousness Influence Epigenetics Ingrid Fredriksson (Arjang, Sweden) [163]
- Crispr Consciousness: Gene Splicing Your Bodymind for Health and Happiness Mac Davis (Minicircle, Austin, TX ) [167]
- The Implications of our Research on Alzheimer's/consciousness Shantilal Goradia (Gravity Research Institute, Mishawaka, Indiana ) [132]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Dynamic Selves: An Outline for a New Type of Panpsychism Nino Kadic (Philosophy, King's College London, London, United Kingdom) [21]
- Panpsychism and the Physics of Consciousness: IIT, Orch-OR, and the Combination Problem Ethan Makulec (Philosophy/Neuroscience, Grinnell College, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York ) [22]
- On the Possibility of a Mereological Argument Panpsychism Gregory Miller (Philosophy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom) [23]
- Realizing Consciousness -- The Fundamental Roles of Primordial Sensitivity and Unity of Haecceity in the Realization of Consciousness through the Metaphysical Model of Physiophenomenalism Brian Archibald (Philosophy, San Diego State University, La Jolla, CA ) [54]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Pain in fish and molluscs - why the multiple realisability argument fails Brian Key , Deborah Brown (School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland Australia) [60]
- A Blueprint for the Hard Problem of Consciousness: The self is void and the mind its avatar Paulo Negro , Paulo J Negro (Columbia, MD ) [62]
- Stumped by the Hard Problem? First Things First: An Introduction To Deacon's Teleodynamic Explanation for Unconscious Effort - The Struggle for Existence. Jeremy Sherman (Teleodynamics Research Associates, Berkeley, CA ) [65]
- On the Referent of the Term "Phenomenal Consciousness" Bryce Bearden (Unaffiliated, Waterford, CALIFORNIA ) [25]
- Mind, Matter and Phenomenal Experience Carlos Acosta (Nipomo, CA ) [42]
- Is Consciousness a "Field"? Eric Sabin (Marana, AZ ) [24]
- The Lure of Consciousness Ben Meyer (Phoenix, AZ ) [9]
- What Do Illusionists Mean When They Talk About "what-it-is-likeness" of Conscious Experience? Krzysztof Dolega (Bochum, Germany) [68]
- Revisiting Consciousness Within Quantum Mechanics: Executing Free Will Via Vectorial Choices in the Clustered-Minds Multiverse Christian Dietmar Schade (Entrepreneurial and Behavioral Decision Making, Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany) [11]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Phenomenality As A Perspectival Artefact Kristjan Loorits (Helsinki, Finland) [34]
- Plato's Golden Numbering System:
Biometric Anomalies, Abduction and the Ontological Roots of Consciousness Scott Olsen (Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL ) [77]
- There is No Free Will, Only Will to Freedom An Chin Chen , Allen Houng (Institute Of Philosophy Of Mind And Cognition, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan) [82]
- Wild Systems Theory as a 21st Century Coherence Ontology for the Science of Consciousness J. Scott Jordan (Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL ) [31]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Interaction Between Quantum Mechanics And General Relativity Might Lead To Non-computable Processing In The Brain. James Tagg (Cengine; The Penrose Institute, La Jolla, United Kingdom) [202]
- Q-deformed Physics and Effective Psychophysics Donald Matthew Mender (Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Rhinebeck, NY ) [263]
- Memory Formations in Non-equilibrium Quantum Brain Dynamics Akihiro Nishiyama , Shigenori Tanaka; Jack A. Tuszynski (Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo Japan) [209]
- A-theory: Toward a Quantum-physics-friendly Ontology of Free Will Thomas Brophy (Integral Health And Sciences, California Institute for Human Science, Encinitas, CA ) [198]
- Defining Orch: Dodecanion geometric algebra and space-time-topology-prime metric Anirban Bandyopadhyay , Jay Sanguinetti, Pushpendra Singh, Pathik Sahoo, Stuart Hameroff, (Advanced Scanning Probe Micros, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan) [205]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Energy Landscape Of The Whole-brain Dynamics In Coma, Vegetative States, And Related Disorders Javier A. Galadi , Jose Antonio Langa; Fernando Soler; Anira Escrichs; Gustavo Deco; Steven Laureys (Seville, Spain) [122]
- EEG and Functional MRI-guided Simultaneous Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in a Patient with Minimally Conscious State Yicong Lin , Yicong Lin, Tiaotiao Liu, Qian Huang, Yingying Su, Weibi Chen, Daiquan Gao, Xin Tian, Taicheng Huang, Zonglei Zhen, Tao Han, Hong Ye, Yuping Wang (Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China) [145]
- A Big-data Study of Well-being and its EEG Correlates Cedric Cannard , Helane Wahbeh, Arnaud Delorme (Research, Institute of Noetic Sciences; Paul Sabatier University, San Francisco, CA ) [142]
- The effects of traumatic experience on behavior, neuronal activity, and functional connections in the conscious mouse brain resting state networks Ksenia Toropova , Olga Ivashkina, Anna Ivanova, Elena Konovalova, Aleksey Ivanitsky, Konstantin Anokhin (Lomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neur, Moscow, Russian Federation) [140]
- Criticality as a Determinant of Integrated Information - In Human Brain Networks Hyoungkyu Kim , Uncheol Lee (Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI ) [128]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- The Mystic in the Machine: An Interpretation of Mystical Experience Through the Lens of Controls Engineering. Jeffrey L. Beck (Paradigm Research LLC, Gunnison, UT ) [309]
- Introducing Macrocosmic Quantum Theory
to Explain How Psychedelics Work Carl Johan Calleman (Chemistry, Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, NM ) [288]
- "As Raw As It Can Be, Like Vulnerable and Unapologetic": A Qualitative Study of Mystical Experience in Ordinary Life Kimberly McCann , Mendi David, EdD (College of Doctoral Studies, Grand Canyon University, Gilbert, AZ ) [296]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- The Mind-object Identity Hypothesis Riccardo Manzotti (IULM University, Lavagna, GE Italy) [35]
- Developing a Robust Neutral Monism: A Conjunction of Neutral Monism and Information-theoretic Structural Realism Garrett Mindt (University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Psychiatry, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin ) [37]
- The Annotated Mind: Knowing Our Experiences the Instant They Occur Roger Christan Schriner (Independent scholar, Fremont, California ) [41]
- From Biological Mechanism to Meaning Mark Pharoah (London, United Kingdom) [39]
- The Philosophical Significance of Diffuse Attention Adrienne Prettyman (Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA ) [72]
- Explanation and the Hypothesis of Extended Cognition: Scouting a Way Forward David Murphy (Philosophy And Religion, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO ) [76]
- Extended Cognition? Yes. Extended Consciousness? No. Luis Favela (Philosophy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL ) [28]
- Ontological Justice for Consciousness Anton Kuznetsov (Moscow Center For Consciousness Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation) [33]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- A Data-driven approach to measuring conscious and unconscious brain function William Bosl , William J. Bosl (Pediatrics, University of San Francisco, Boston, MA ) [103]
- Ultra-fast Monitoring of Neurotransmitter Micro-fluctuations During Choice and Subjective Experience in Humans Kenneth Kishida (Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC ) [105]
- The Neuroscience of Concepts and Consciousness Vincent Zarcone Jr (Psychiatry, Stanford Medical School, Los Altos, CA ) [102]
- Proprioceptive Feel as a Summation of Oscillatory Resonance Mark Valladares (Overland Park, KS ) [117]
- Alterations in Connectivity Patterns by Cognitive State and Mental Disorder Status May Suggest Different Neural Patterns of Consciousness Isaac Christian , Michael Liuzzi, B.A.; Qiongru Yu, MA; Christopher S. Monk, Ph.D.; Jillian Lee Wiggins, Ph.D.; (Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA ) [120]
- Brain On Fire: Mechanisms Of Autoimmune Encephalitis Presenting With Psychosis, Seizures And Altered Levels Of Consciousness Ewa Andrzejak , Frauke Ackermann; Christian Rosenmund; Harald Pruess; Craig-Curtis Garner (German Center For Neurodegenerative Diseases, Berlin, BERLIN Germany) [119]
- Neuronal Encoding of Awareness for Type and Place of Objects in Young and Old Mice Konstantin Anokhin , Olga Ivashkina; Ksenia Toropova; Anna Gruzdeva; Olga Rogozhnikova; Viktor Plusnin; Ilya Fedotov (Moscow State University, Cente, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation) [118]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Nonlinear Dynamics Analyses of EEG Signals Capture Brain States at Different Levels of Consciousness Bruce MacIver , Divya Chander, MD, PhD1*; Sarah L. Eagleman, PhD2; Christina Reynolds, PhD3,4; Nicholas T. Ouellette, PhD5 (Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA ) [97]
- Cortical Connectivity Indexes Arousal State During Sleep and Anesthesia Matthew I. Banks , Bryan M. Krause, Christopher M. Endemann, Declan I. Campbell, Hiroto Kawasaki, Kirill V. Nourski (Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI ) [94]
- Neuronal dynamics in visual cortex under conscious and anesthetized conditions Heonsoo Lee (Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MICHIGAN Korea, Republic Of) [129]
- Ketamine Produces a Long-lasting Enhancement of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission Grace N. Jang , M Bruce MacIver (Stanford University, Stanford, CA ) [127]
- Local Neuronal Connectivity Contributes to Loss and Return of Consciousness During Anesthesia Anthony G. Hudetz (Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI ) [126]
- Nitrous Oxide Decreases Electroencephalogram Complexity, But Not Frequency Content at Loss of Consciousness Sarah Eagleman , Teo Jeon Shin, M.D.,PhD (Seoul National University); M. Bruce MacIver, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Anesthesiology, Perioperative, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA ) [123]
- Changes In Information Processing In Propofol-induced Deep Sedation In Volunteers Using Electroencephalography Teo Jeon Shin , Seongkeun Yoo; Pil-Jong Kim; Hong-Gee Kim (Dental Hospital - Yeon-Geon, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of) [101]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Repairing Jacob's Ladder: Healing our REM Sleep and Dreams Rubin Naiman (Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tumacacori, AZ ) [183]
- Parasomnia Dreams: The Other Forms of Sleep-associated Consciousness James Pagel (Family Medicine - Pueblo, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Pueblo, CO ) [184]
- Dreaming in the Holo-net: Dreaming and Consciousness in a Holographic Universe Katherine Mohr (Integral and Transpersonal Psychology, Hunlock Creek, PA ) [182]
- Awareness of Implicit Priming of Self-disclosure Thomas Wilson (Psychology, De Montfort University, Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom) [181]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Physiological and Subjective Correlates of Three Types of Body-focused Meditation: A Pilot Study Dianne Trussell (Byron Bay, NSW Australia) [285]
- A Neural Marker for Training Focused Attention Meditation: Closed-loop FM Neurofeedback Tracy Brandmeyer , Arnaud Delorme (University of California San Francisco, Berkeley, California ) [274]
- Mystical Experiences and Epistemic Justification Noa Latham (Philosophy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada) [312]
- Consciousness and Music Festivals: Increasing the Effect Sizes of Psychophysical Interactions Dani Caputi , Leo Madrid; Nathan Bietz; Andrew Ko; Stephen Pollaine (Atmospheric Science, P.e.a.c.e !nc., Davis, California ) [303]
- The Sense Of Self In Meditation And Depersonalization Erola Pons , Axel Lindner (Dpt. Psychiatry And Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany) [283]
- Scientific Analysis of Mantra-based Meditation and Its Beneficial Effects J Dudeja (Amity University Gurgaon, GURGAON, Haryana India) [277]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Computer Automated, Multi-center, Multi-blinded, Randomized Control Trial of Hypothesized Spirit Presence and Communication Gary Schwartz (Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ ) [306]
- An Integral Model of the Near-Death Experience: Neural and Quantum Mechanisms James Lake (Salinas, CA ) [301]
- Accuracy and Neural Correlates of Blinded Mediumship Compared to Controls on Image Classification Task Arnaud Delorme , Cedric Cannard; Dean Radin; Helaneh Wahbeh (Toulouse, France) [304]
- Conversations With The Void: 112 Non-dual Tantric Meditation Hacks for Altering Your Consciousness and Experiencing The Void Raja Choudhury (A Thousand Suns Academy LLC, Phoenix, AZ ) [276]
- Exploring The Correlates And Nature Of Exceptional Experiences In A Psychomanteum Christine Simmonds-Moore , Chase O'Gwin; Michael Steder; Elena Mayfield (Psychology, University Of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA ) [307]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- Painting the World with Fractals: How Creative Expression Reveals a Deeper Order of Reality and Consciousness Nick Day (Conscious Pictures, Sonoma, CA ) [337]
- Can Social Media Ever Become Conscious Again? - 2020 Snapshot on the Meta Analysis Sascha Seifert (Mouna GmbH Film & Media Studios, Stuttgart, Germany) [334]
- From postal art to a visit of the muses: Susan Hiller's 'Draw Together' and 'Sisters of Menon' Ana Eva Iribas-Rudin (Facultad de Bellas Artes, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain) [338]
- Making Waves: Ripples of Consciousness in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (English, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC Canada) [320]
- Hidden Technologies: A Complementary Approach to Ecosystem Management? Stuart Moody (CAPS, Mindful Ambassadors, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ ) [344]
- Idealist Realism Christopher Wittum (San Francisco, CA ) [321]
- Critical Organic Writing to Decode Oppression Hilda Sotelo (Education, UTEP, El Paso, TX ) [336]
- Symbiosis of Real and Simulated Worlds Under Global Awareness and Consciousness Peter Sapaty (Mathematical Machines & Systems, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine) [333]
MON-FRI - Sept 14-18, 2020 at ONLINE
- A Noncomputable Level Iv Multiverse, Universal Consciousness And The Living Cosmos Alexander Aris (Internation Association for Process Oriented Psychology, Portland, OREGON ) [260]
- Consciousness and Good and Evil Fredric Schiffer (Department of Psychiatry, McLe, Harvard Medical School, Newton Highlands, MA ) [251]
- From Fundamental Forces to Fundamental Meanings: Life, Consciousness and Morality Daniela Munoz-Jimenez , Luis J. Camargo-Perez (Theoretical Research and Philosophy, Center of Frontier Research and Philosophy, Ciudad de Mexico, D.F. Mexico) [244]