*Can consciousness finally be studied with rigorous science?*
Neuroscientist Lucia Melloni traces how consciousness research evolved from a taboo subject into an experimental field — and explains why adversarial collaborations may help test competing theories of consciousness over the next decade.
0:00 Consciousness Enters Experimental Science
1:36 The Rise of Neural Correlates of Consciousness
3:03 Competing Theories of Consciousness
4:20 Adversarial Collaborations Between Theories
5:37 Testing Consciousness with Shared Methods
7:26 Why More Theories May Emerge
8:13 The Limits of Current Consciousness Research
Lucia Melloni leads the Neural Circuits, Consciousness, and Cognition Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, and holds a position as Research Professor in the Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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