Schedule:
January 06: What needs to be explained about consciousness?
Introduction to the study of consciousness (Koch Ch1) - Other ideas about consciousness - Basic notions of Neuroscience - Basic measurements in Neuroscience - Neurons, the atoms of perception (Koch Ch2)
See also http://questforconsciousness.com/
January 13: A framwork for the scientific study of consciousness
An article by Crick and Kock in Nature Neuroscience - Comments by John Searle
January 20: Causality and the road ahead
Lesions and consciousness -Electrical stimulation of the brain - Speculations about the future
January 27: Experimental approaches [This lecture will be given by Dr. Leila Reddy]
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