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EPISODE 7: On Consciousness & The Brain: An Uplifting Conversation with Neuroscientists Bernard Baars & David Edelman at DG Wills Books in La Jolla
La Jolla, CA, April 16, 2020 – On Consciousness with Bernard Baars is a new bi-weekly podcast from renowned San Diego neuroscientists Bernard Baars and David Edelman featuring open-minded conversations on new ideas about the scientific study of consciousness and the brain. In each episode, acclaimed author in psychobiology and originator of Global Workspace Theory (GWT), Bernard Baars and co-host David Edelman, a neuroscientist and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College are joined by the world’s foremost leaders in biological and cognitive sciences, AI, business, the arts and humanities to discover the conscious brain, and broadcast exciting scientific findings.
In this engaging and lively episode, “On Consciousness & The Brain” recorded at La Jolla landmark, D.G. Wills Books, neuroscientists Bernie Baars and David Edelman unpack the nature of consciousness—the ineffable sense of ‘aboutness’ each one of us experiences that encompasses features of the outside world, your own thoughts, recollections, and emotions, all of which mysteriously—yet inevitably—arise from the coordinated firing of neurons in the cerebral cortex and other regions of the brain.
Owner of D.G. Wills Books, home of La Jolla Cultural Society, Dennis Wills said, “This episode is a captivating and thought-provoking discussion of Baars’ new book On Consciousness: Science & Subjectivity. Truly the most comprehensive and exhaustive examination of this difficult subject since William James. We were fortunate that our episode was taped prior to shelter in place restrictions. Bernard Baars and David Edelman led the most intellectually stimulating discussion since I hosted a talk here with Nobel Laureate Francis Crick.”
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BERNARD J. BAARS, PhD
A former Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, CA, Bernie is best known as the originator of the Global Workspace Theory and Global Workspace Dynamics, a theory of human cognitive architecture, the cortex and consciousness.
Bernie’s many acclaimed books include A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness; The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology; In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind; Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience, among others. His newest book is On Consciousness: Science & Subjectivity – Updated Works on Global Workspace Theory. Bernie Baars is recipient of the 2019 Hermann von Helmholtz Life Contribution Award by the International Neural Network Society, which recognizes work in perception proven to be paradigm changing and long-lasting. BernardBaars.com
DAVID EDELMAN, PhD
A neuroscientist and currently Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College, David has taught neuroscience at the University of San Diego and UCSD. He was Professor of Neuroscience at Bennington College until 2014 and visiting professor in the Dept of Psychology, CUNY Brooklyn College from 2015-2017.
David has conducted research in a wide range of areas, including mechanisms of gene regulation, the relationship between mitochondrial transport and brain activity, and visual perception in the octopus. A longstanding interest in the neural basis of consciousness led him to consider the importance—and challenge—of disseminating a more global view of brain function to a broad audience.