Evolution of Consciousness
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In order to discuss evolutionary aspects of consciousness, researchers from neuroscience, medical psychology, zoology, biophysics, computer science and philosophy were convened for the workshop, Evolution of Consciousness, at the research centre Agora for Biosystems, August 11–13, 2001 in Sigtuna, Sweden. The workshop took place in immediate conjunction with the conference Consciousness and Its Place in Nature, arranged in the series Toward a Science of Consciousness at Skövde University College (reported in Vaas, 2002). Invited speakers at the Agora workshop were: Bernard Baars (San Diego), Jean-Pierre Changeux (Paris), Rodney Cotterill (Copenhagen), Bent Foltmann (Copenhagen), Peter Melander (Umeå), Björn Merker (Stockholm), Sakire Pögun (Izmir), Antti Revonsuo (Turku) and Sverre Sjölander (Linköping). The meeting was a follow-up of the August 2000 workshop, UnconsciousnessConsciousness: Tools for Exploring the Transition, which examined the foundations of ethological, psychological, pharmacological, neurophysiological, physical and computational tools used in the study of consciousness (reported in Århem et al., 2001). The present workshop focused mainly on questions concerning the neurobiological basis of consciousness. For the most part, the discussion concerned mammalian brain physiology (Changeux, Cotterill, Merker, Baars), vertebrate neuroethology (Sjölander), clinical cognitive tests (Changeux) and mathematical models of neural networks (Changeux, Cotterill). Antti Revonsuo discussed the evolutionary origin and role of dreaming and presented a case for his threat hypothesis, according to which dreams are understood as simulations, serving a preparatory role for dealing with threats during waking states. Bent Foltmann
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تاریخ انتشار 2002