Harry Haroutioun Haladjian, Ph.D., is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception at the Université Paris Descartes / CNRS.
AI has advanced by including several human-like processes in its programming. While such processes are core for human consciousness, they will not lead to artificial consciousness.
While phenomenal consciousness is characterized by subjective experiences from a first-person perspective, current scientific theories of consciousness fail to address this topic.
Sometimes the most obvious things are difficult to explain. In this post, we’ll try to clarify what cognitive scientists mean when they talk about “phenomenal consciousness.”
Competition for attention in the natural world shaped how attentional mechanisms evolved. What’s the fate of our attention now that there are more competitors?
What is the purpose of attention other than for consuming information? Is the increasing complexity of information consumption a primary evolutionary development in all organisms?
What is the purpose of attention other than for consuming information? Is the increasing complexity of information consumption a primary evolutionary development in all organisms?
In "The Lord of the Flies", Golding weaves together themes of chaos, order, and human nature in an insightful and haunting story that illustrates the importance of cooperation.
In "The Lord of the Flies", Golding weaves together themes of chaos, order, and human nature in an insightful and haunting story that illustrates the importance of cooperation.
Our conscious experience contains and depends upon many different kinds of information. What is the relationship between how information is processed and conscious awareness?
Our conscious experience contains and depends upon many different kinds of information. What is the relationship between how information is processed and conscious awareness?
This post discusses the challenge of determining whether or not the experiences of other organisms have the same phenomenal quality of our typical conscious experiences.
This post discusses the challenge of determining whether or not the experiences of other organisms have the same phenomenal quality of our typical conscious experiences.
While much of human intelligence does not require one to be consciously aware of it, empathy may be something that necessitates phenomenal consciousness.
While much of human intelligence does not require one to be consciously aware of it, empathy may be something that necessitates phenomenal consciousness.
It’s increasingly common for someone to be diagnosed with a condition such as ADHD or autism as an adult. A diagnosis often brings relief, but it can also come with as many questions as answers.