Neuroscientist David Edelman, PhD
“Consciousness can be firmly embedded in biology, based on the fact that all kinds of [demonstrably biological] processes that are not [by themselves] conscious are important for conscious process[ing].”
Bio
Currently, David is a visiting scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. His research focuses on visual perception, cognition, and their neural bases in the octopus.
Before his research collaboration at Dartmouth, David was a visiting professor in the Department of Psychology at Brooklyn College (CUNY) and an instructor at the University of California, San Diego and the University of San Diego, David has also held positions as a professor of neuroscience at Bennington College (2012-2014), Associate Fellow in Experimental Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute (NSI) in San Diego (2008-2012), and assistant professor of neurobiology at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) (2011-2012).
David received his B.A. from Swarthmore College (1983) and Ph.D. in paleoanthropology from the University of Pennsylvania (1997). He completed his postdoctoral training at TSRI and The NSI in 2001 and 2006, respectively.
His research has been published in PLoS One, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Trends in Neurosciences, Consciousness and Cognition, and Physics of Life Reviews, among others.
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Media Kit
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Podcasts
The Podcast On Consciousness with Bernard Baars
David Edelman co-hosted Season One of the Podcast On Consciousness with Bernie Baars. Together, they explored some new ideas about the scientific study of consciousness & the brain with their special guests. Listen on your favorite network, including:
PodBean, ApplePodcasts, iHeart, GooglePlay, GooglePodcasts, Stitcher, PodParadise, TuneIn, aCast, YouTube, & Spotify.
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