#121: Neuroscience, Psychophysics, Data Science & Psychology ft. Pascal Wallisch

Pascal Wallisch, professor of data science, psychology and neural science at New York University, returns in chapter two to talk about psychophysics, Gustav Fechner, stimulus vs. perception, brain diversity, psychopaths, psychedelics, movie preferences, consciousness, linguistics and the Turing Test!Chapter One with Pascal: https://youtu.be/bzFVdg6WjKUPascal: https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/pascal-wallisch.htmlSHOW NOTES:1) 'Energy, Quanta, and Vision' by Hecht, Shlaer and Pirenne: https://www.cns.nyu.edu/csh/csh06/PDFs/Hecht1942.pdf2) Brief overview of inner and outer psychophysics: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11954556/3) Paper on similarity between CNNs and neurons: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18957212/Also attached.4) Elite athletes and visual cortex: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12765616/ &https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1728869X240007895) Paper on acid and other psychedelics and how they change perception: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1518377113 6) Paper on 10 emotional responses by psychopaths: https://www.foxlabnyu.com/research-projects/psychopathy7) Paper on how 5 seconds is enough when you listen to music: https://online.ucpress.edu/mp/article-abstract/40/3/220/195231/The-Whole-is-Not-Different-From-its-PartsMusic?redirectedFrom=fulltextSUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:28 Entropy3:57 Gustav Fechner8:08 Psychophysics13:18 Fechner’s Law15:59 Stimulus vs. Perception23:32 Brain Diversity27:39 Psychedelics31:26 Psychopaths45:37 Movie Preferences50:28 Horror Movies53:19 Beauty & Neuroaesthetics56:56 Consciousness1:04:39 The Trolley Problem1:14:14 AI Consciousness1:17:59 Linguistics1:27:18 The Turing Test1:31:15 Physics1:36:27 Information Realism1:40:33 Lego Interpretation1:41:27 Advice & Meaning of Life#neuroscience #psychology #science