Paul L. Nunez PhD

About

Paul L. Nunez, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane University and currently runs a small consulting firm that works on brain physics issues with the Cognitive Science Department of the University of California at Irvine. Nunez has written more than 100 journal articles on brain science and has authored five books: The New Science of Consciousness: Exploring the Complexity of Brain, Mind, and Self (2016), Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality (2010), Neocortical Dynamics and Human EEG Rhythms (1995), and Electric Fields of the Brain: The Neurophysics of EEG (1st edition 1982; 2nd edition 2006). Nunez obtained a Ph.D. in engineering physics and postdoctoral training in the neurosciences, both from the University of California at San Diego.

Books by Paul L. Nunez PhD

Recent Posts

Consciousness and Intrinsic Brain Information

Examining relations between information and consciousness.

Consciousness and Integrated Information Theory

A healthy consciousness seems to require a proper synthesis of specialization and integration within the brain.

What Constitutes a Genuine Theory of Consciousness?

What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for consciousness to occur? Can we ever discover a genuine theory of consciousness? How will we know if we do find one?

Complexity, Physics, and the Emergence of Consciousness

Environmental influences on the evolution of life may play a more central role in consciousness than most assume, involving some sort of “ultra-information."

Shadows of Thought

What can the physics of fields tell us about consciousness?

Brain Fields, Complexity, and Consciousness

Complexity science provides a means to measure consciousness in coma and semi-conscious patients.

Does the Brain Create the Mind? Speculation on Consciousness

What can science tell us about the hard problem, finding the origins of consciousness?

What Makes the Human Brain “Human?” Part 2

How do “small world” connections contribute to brain complexity and a healthy mind?

What Makes the Human Brain “Human?” Part 1

A quick introduction to some possible anatomical underpinnings of higher consciousness in humans and other animals.

Brain Dynamic Patterns and the Mind

The mystery of consciousness is approached from several materialistic or dualistic perspectives. Brain activity patterns play a critical role; could the patterns be fractals?