Consciousness in humans, animals & robots I: concepts, theories, and neural mechanisms

›9:25 (3h20)

Session 3: Animal Research & Theory

›9:30 (30min)

Criteria for non-human consciousness, empirical approaches and the concept of multi-level representation
Cyriel Pennartz

›10:00 (30min)

Enhanced responsiveness and low-level awareness in desynchronized network states
Alain Destexhe

›10:30 (15min)

Coffee break

›10:45 (30min)

Complementary perspectives on consciousness: testing methods and theories in humans, animals and models.
Johan Storm

›11:15 (30min)

Leaving the attractor of unconsciousness: modulation of the cortical network towards higher complexity states
Maria-Victoria Sánchez Vives

›11:45 (1h)

Discussion Session 3

›12:45 (1h15)

Lunch

›13:55 (3h05)

Session 4: Consciousness in Artificial Systems

›14:00 (30min)

Can machines be conscious?
Florian Röhrbein

›14:30 (30min)

From carbon to silicon - How real are physical models?
Karlheinz Meier

›15:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›15:30 (30min)

Autonoetic consciousness and sense of self in humans and robots
Tony Prescott

›16:00 (1h)

Discussion Session 4 & General discussion

›17:00 ()

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