Consciousness in Humans and Other Things
On 4 March 2025, the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section hosted a webinar “Consciousness in Humans and Other Things” with Professor Anil Seth.
02 April 2025
In this webinar Professor Anil Seth illustrates how the framework of predictive processing can help bridge from mechanism to phenomenology - addressing not the 'hard problem' but the 'real problem' of consciousness.
He explores how conscious experiences of the world around us, and of being a self within that world, can be understood in terms of perceptual predictions - 'controlled hallucinations' - that are deeply rooted in a fundamental biological imperative for physiological regulation.
He also explores the implications of this view for the prospects of conscious machines, and describes results from The Perception Census - an ambitious large-scale study of perceptual diversity.
How can I access this webinar?
The webinar is suitable for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and others interested in a presentation by an eminent researcher on current thinking and research on consciousness.
As a section member you can access the on-demand webinar for free.
To access the webinar for free you will need to contact [email protected] requesting a discount code which you will be able to use in the checkout page.