2019 — The Brains Blog

Symposium on Bayne, “On the axiomatic foundations of the integrated information theory of consciousness”

Daniel Burnston May 20, 2019 May 21, 2019 Consciousness / Neuroscience of Consciousness Symposia

I am delighted to announce the next symposium in our series on articles from Neuroscience of Consciousness. Neuroscience of Consciousness is an interdisciplinary journal focused on the philosophy and science of consciousness, and gladly accepts submissions from both philosophers and scientists working in this fascinating field. We have two types …

4. Political and Perceptual Differences

Last December, The Washington Post resurfaced a short video clip of Heather Nauert, nominee for US Ambassador to the United Nations. In the video Nauert attempted to make the case that there was a strong historical relationship between the United States and Germany. The Post described her as citing the …

3. Learning to Perceive in a Multisensory Way

Kevin Connolly May 15, 2019 May 15, 2019 books / Kevin Connolly: Perceptual Learning / perception / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

Suppose you are at a live jazz show. The drummer begins a drum solo. You see the cymbal jolt. You hear a clang. And you are aware that the jolt and the clang are part of the same event. This is a case of multisensory perception. In my book, I …

2. Do Experts Really Perceive the World Differently from Non-Experts?

Kevin Connolly May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019 books / Kevin Connolly: Perceptual Learning / Neuroscience / perception / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

People sometimes say things like the following: Cabernet Sauvignon tastes different to an expert wine taster than to a novice; or, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony sounds different to a seasoned conductor than it does to someone just hearing it for the first time. But does wine literally taste differently (or the …

Vincente Raja & Michael Anderson’s “Behavior Considered as an Enabling Constraint”

Nick Byrd May 13, 2019 May 9, 2019 Neural Mechanisms Online / Neuroscience / Neuroscience; Philosophy of Science / NM Webinar

The Brains blog is excited about the next Neural Mechanisms webinar this Friday. It is free. You can find information about how and when to join the webinar below or at the Neural Mechanisms website—where you can also join their mailing list to be notified of their webinars, webconferences, and …

1. What Is Perceptual Learning?

Kevin Connolly May 13, 2019 July 28, 2020 books / Kevin Connolly: Perceptual Learning / perception / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

Last summer I tried to learn how to surf. I learned how to paddle to catch a wave, how to “pop up” to my feet on the surfboard from lying flat on my stomach, and how to turn on the board to surf down the wave once I caught it. …

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John Schwenkler May 13, 2019 May 19, 2019 books

We are grateful to Kevin Connolly for blogging this week on Perceptual Learning: The Flexibility of the Senses (Oxford University Press, 2019). To view all of Kevin’s posts on a single page, please click here.