(993C8) Neuroscience of Consciousness
Resit Information
Convenor: A. Seth
Essay (80%) 3,000 words
Please choose a DIFFERENT title from your original submission:
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How can one test for residual consciousness following brain damage?
What is the relationship between the so-called ‘Bayesian brain’ and consciousness?
What are the limits and the potential of the ‘neural correlates’ approach to understanding
consciousness?
How does our conscious experience of the world, and the self, depend on interception?
How – and why – did consciousness evolve?
How do disorders of the ‘experience of body ownership’ help explain conscious selfhood?
Consciousness as a dynamical neuronal global workspace: pros and cons.
How has sensory substitution informed our understanding of the brain basis of
consciousness?
What does synaesthesia tell us about consciousness?
Poster Presentation (20%)
20% of your assessment for the ‘Neuroscience of Consciousness’ module is the preparation of a
poster. Posters, in the academic world, are used to disseminate findings in a simple and visuallyeffective format. It presents information on a ‘need to know’ basis. Posters are often used to
summarise an experiment, but in this exercise your task is to summarise a concept in a clear and
accessible manner. This is rather similar to a Wikipedia-style page in its approach, although the layout
is different.
You must choose from one of these titles, again please choose a different title from your original
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What is sleep for?
Diagnosing residual awareness in disorders of consciousness
Consciousness and attention: same or different?
How can neuroscience explain qualia?
Are octopuses conscious (and how might we know)?
How ‘implicit’ is implicit learning?
The role of re-entry in consciousness