Redwood Neuroscience
Title: “Neural Plasticity and Consciousness: An
Enactive Approach”
Alva
Noë
Department
of Philosophy
Abstract:
We
can best understand how the brain gives rise to perceptual consciousness by
looking at the way neural activity is embedded in a broader dynamic, sensorimotor context. Drawing on work with Kevin O'Regan and Susan Hurley, and focusing on puzzling
phenomena of neural plastity, I introduce a new model
for thinking about the neural basis of experience.