Ezequiel Morsella Ph.D.

About

Ezequiel Morsella, Ph.D., is a professor of neuroscience at San Francisco State University and an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Since the fall of 2007, he has been the director of the Action and Consciousness Laboratory. He conducted his doctoral research at Columbia University and his postdoctoral training at Yale University. His theoretical and experimental research on the mechanisms of human action has appeared in journals such as Psychological Review and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. He is author of Oxford Handbook of Human Action.

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Recent Posts

The Nature of the Conscious Field

The brain has three processing stages associated with consciousness. Here, we focus on Stage 2, "the conscious field."

Consciousness and Its Three Stages of Processing

There are three stages of processing in the brain, starting with unconscious processes preceding, and giving rise to, the construction of the “conscious field."

Consciousness Is More Than the Voice Inside Your Head

Focusing on our "narrative self" limits our understanding.

Can You Control Your Emotions?

New theoretical work helps us understand which aspects of emotional processing can and cannot be controlled.

The Unknown vs. the Mysterious

The "mysteries" of concern to Freud and Jung were restricted to semantic processes, which today are not a mystery. But consciousness remains a true mystery.

The Power of the Written Word

The stimulus of the written word reveals much about the nature of consciousness and the brain. It is one of a few kinds of stimuli that can elicit multiple conscious contents.

How Consciousness Is Different From Augmented Reality

The difference between technologies involving augmented reality and the conscious mind reveal something interesting about the nature of consciousness.

Consciousness Is Like a Rainbow

Consciousness is like a rainbow in that it arises from a specific set of circumstances (specialized circuits in the brain). It is an achievement and not a freebie from matter.

Responding to X in Light of Y: The Aim of Consciousness

The conscious field is for one thing, responding to X in light of Y. Consider one's complicated inclinations toward a tasty treat.

Two Kinds of Unconscious Processes

There are many kinds of unconscious processes in the brain. Which are the first two that one should identify?