Consciousness and the Mind's I: Loops and systems between perception and action (2015)

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titleConsciousness and the Mind's I: Loops and systems between perception and action
subtitleLes Ateliers d'Eté du Cercle Linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest (CerLiCO)
typeJournée
year2015
start_date2015/12/01
stop_date2015/12/01
schedule09h
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websitehttp://crcn.ulb.ac.be/
organisational_infoUnder the auspices of the National Committee for the Psychological Sciences and the Royal Academies for Sciences and the Arts of Belgium.
summaryThis symposium is dedicated to one of the most important scientific challenges today, namely, understanding how the activity of the brain produces conscious experience. The symposium will cover some of the research threads that elicit the most interest today: (1) the respective influences and interactions of top-down and bottom-up processes in shaping conscious experience, (2) the putative existence of separate, independent systems in driving implicit (unconscious) vs. explicit (conscious, metacognitive) performance, and (3) the nature and neural underpinnings of voluntary action and free will. Each thread will feature outstanding international speakers who will debate these questions together with a belgian scientist so as to foster interactions and showcase local talent. The symposium will also feature an open poster session (call for abstracts will come later).
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