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The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth

The Royal Institution · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Consciousness & cognitionNeuroscience & the brain

What it is

Neuroscientist Anil Seth gives a Royal Institution lecture on the science of consciousness. He separates conscious level, content and self, and argues that experience arises from the brain's predictive inference.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a clear, in-depth lecture on consciousness as a process of prediction.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “And The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth is really great”

    Really great talk on neuroscience of consciousness

    neom, 2017-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Is Consciousness an Illusion?”

  2. “It's not "I think therefore I am", but "I predict, therefore I am".”

    Consciousness as a prediction process, measurable levels

    awkwardtortoise, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Consciousness is not a thing, but a process of inference”

  3. “His lecture at the Royal Institution is better and more in depth.”

    More in-depth Anil Seth lecture

    eighthnate, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality”

  4. “A very interesting lecture by a neuroscientist.”

    Brain as a predicting machine

    qubax, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Our brain is a storyteller, not a reporter from an inner world”

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Topics: consciousness, predictive processing, anil seth, brain, royal institution

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