Models of Consciousness Conferences Courses

David Chalmers – Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function

Explore the intersection of consciousness and quantum physics in this short program by Models of Consciousness Conferences. Delve into theories, objections, and potential experimental tests.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

William Marshall – A Measure for Intrinsic Information

Explore the unique measure for intrinsic information, its properties, and implications, particularly in the context of consciousness theory, in this under 1-hour offering from Models of Consciousness Conferences.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Karl Friston – Deep Inference

Explore cognitive neuroscience and machine learning with Models of Consciousness Conferences. Understand perception, decision-making, predictive coding, and Bayesian brain hypothesis in under 1 hour.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Quantum Collapse Models and Awareness

Explore quantum collapse models and their potential to understand awareness with Yakov Kremnitzer from the University of Oxford. Less than 1 hour workload.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Neural Sense Relations and Consciousness - A Diagrammatic Approach

Explore the intersection of consciousness and physics with Gustav Bernroider from the University of Salzburg. Learn about subject-object relations, mirror symmetries, and inversion symmetries in the brain.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Expected Float Entropy Minimisation: A Relationship Content Theory of Consciousness

Explore the theory of Expected Float Entropy minimisation with Jonathan Mason from the University of Oxford. Understand how the brain defines consciousness and acquire knowledge on related mathematical theories.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Toward a Formal Model of Free Will

Explore the nature of free will with Saint Anselm College's Ian Durham. In less than an hour, learn to analyze possible choices using a formal model based on statistical emergence.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Awareness - An Operational Theoretical Approach

Explore the theoretical aspects of "awareness" as a special kind of information with Mauro D’Ariano from Università degli Studi di Pavia. Delve into quantum theory, information privacy, and cognitive sciences in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Structure Invention by Conscious Agents

Explore the Conscious Realism Thesis and Interface Theory of Perception with Chetan Prakash from California State University. Learn how consciousness creates the physical world in less than an hour.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Large Scale Simulations of Information Processing Within the Human Cortex

Explore large-scale simulations of the human cortex, understand the inner life of complex dynamical systems, and learn about the architecture and dynamics of the human brain in this under 1-hour offering from Models of Consciousness Conferences.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

On the Mathematical Basis of Models of Consciousness

Explore the mathematical basis of consciousness models with Johannes Kleiner from Leibniz University. Understand the conceptual basis, review existing models, and learn to construct systematic answers.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Aïda Elamrani - Inputs, Outputs, and Meta-Models

Explore consciousness science with Aïda Elamrani from Institut Jean Nicod, ENS. Understand the mind vs matter dichotomy, functionalism, and the role of inputs and outputs in consciousness.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Stuart Hameroff - Anesthetic Action on Quantum Terahertz Oscillations in Microtubules

Explore the Orch OR theory of consciousness with Stuart Hameroff from the University of Arizona. Understand quantum oscillations in microtubules and anesthetic action in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Chasing Memories

Explore synaptic dynamics and memory storage with Anita Mehta, Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Oxford. Learn about cooperative and competitive dynamics in synaptic networks in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Generalised Integrated Information Theories

Explore the formal structure of Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and its generalization in this less than 1-hour material from the University of Oxford. Delve into the mapping of physics to conscious experience.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course