What’s happening in the brains of severely brain injured patients? Steven Laureys wants to know. He’s done groundbreaking work in identifying the “minimally conscious” state, as differentiated from vegetative states. This has profound...
Are humans the only conscious beings on the planet? Neuroscientist David Edelman is fascinated with finding out what’s going on in the brains of animals. This interview took place in July 2012, at Understanding Consciousness: Neuroscientific Approaches, Future...
Melanie Wilke, Ph.D. and Melanie Boly, M.D., Ph.D., are neuroscientists and friends. Wilke wants to know why the same physical inputs to the brain can result in multiple subjective experiences. Her research centers on the brain processes underlying subjective...
