{"id":19464,"global_id":"paricenter.com?id=19464","global_id_lineage":["paricenter.com?id=19464"],"author":"5","status":"publish","date":"2021-04-21 11:30:33","date_utc":"2021-04-21 09:30:33","modified":"2025-01-06 10:13:29","modified_utc":"2025-01-06 09:13:29","url":"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/event\/what-is-the-neural-correlate-of-consciousness\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/19464","title":"What Is the Neural Correlate of Consciousness?","description":"<div class=\"wp-block-group date-and-venue has-yellow-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-13b1d0ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;padding-top:1rem;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/consciousness-2021-864x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19327\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the recording<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is the Neural Correlate of Consciousness?  With Valerie Hardcastle - What is Consciousness?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NpjYYDbEzEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NpjYYDbEzEw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with <strong>Valerie Gray Hardcastle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday June 20<\/strong><br>9:00 PDT | 12:00 EDT | 17:00 BST &nbsp;| &nbsp;18:00 CEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2-hour session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are unable to attend the live session, the recording will be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first glance, it seems that explaining what the \u201cneural correlate of consciousness\u201d (NCC) is should be straightforward: it is whatever that happens in our brains when we have a conscious experience that is lacking when we are not having a conscious experience. But this simple answer is misleading. It turns out that there might not be an NCC \u2013 even if we believe that consciousness is part of the material world and can be explained scientifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This presentation will discuss some of the complexities in understanding what exactly a conscious experience is, as different groups (philosophers and physicians, for example) describe it very differently. We will then look at the multitude of suggestions for the NCC and try to draw some conclusions about what the NCC could be based on these ideas. We will also explore the reasons some scholars believe that trying to identify the NCC is a fool\u2019s errand and whether these reasons make sense from a scientific point of view.&nbsp; Finally, we will examine the \u201cembodied cognition\u201d movement can shed some light on these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeking the NCC presents a very simple vision for how to investigate and understand consciousness: isolate the thing inside the brain that is correlated with experience and you will have identified what consciousness is. I shall suggest that whatever story ends up being told about consciousness is going to be much more complicated.&nbsp; We shall engage in a group discussion of whether seeking the neural correlates for consciousness is a productive approach for understanding our phenomenal experiences and what the outcomes of this search might bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Valerie-Hardcastle_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19467\" style=\"width:259px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Valerie-Hardcastle_04.jpg 600w, https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Valerie-Hardcastle_04-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Valerie Gray Hardcastle<\/strong>&nbsp;recently joined Northern Kentucky University as the St. Elizabeth Healthcare Executive Director of the Institute for Health Innovation and the Vice President for Health Innovation. An internationally recognized scholar, Hardcastle is also the Editor-in-Chief for the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Consciousness Studies<\/em>&nbsp;and the author of five books and over 200 essays. She studies the nature and structure of interdisciplinary theories in cognitive science and has focused primarily on developing a philosophical framework for understanding conscious phenomena responsive to neuroscientific and psychological data.&nbsp; Most recently, she is investigating how the nature of addiction can shed light on what it means to be human. 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