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BS 185 Stephen Fleming on "the neuroscience of self-awareness"

Jun 25, 2021

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Building a Computational Model of Self-Awareness

03:01

Is There a Metacognition Experiment?

01:39

The Inverse Problem - How to Build a Model of the Outside World

03:00

Introduction

2min

Brain Science Interview - Stephen Fleming

3min

The Science of Self Awareness

3min

The Relationship Between Meta Cognition and Self Awareness

6min

Predicting Uncertainty in a Predictive Model

4min

Is the Brain a Bayesian Machine?

2min

The Immediacy of Metacognition in Animals

4min

The Immediate Tracking of Uncertainty in Babies

2min

Is There a Metacognition Experiment?

2min

10.

Explicit Metacognition in Humans

3min

11.

Alzheimer's Dementia - Is There a Paradoxical Nature to Self-Awareness Loss?

2min

12.

The Capacity for Mind Reading and Explicit Medical Cognition

3min

13.

Is Explicit Medical Cognition a Cognitive Gadget?

3min

14.

The Power of Reflection in Learning and Decision Making

2min

15.

Boosting Metacognition Can Promote Open Mindedness

3min

16.

Do You Have Metacognitive Illusions?

3min

17.

The Inverse Problem - How to Build a Model of the Outside World

3min

18.

What's the Consequence of Poor Medical Cognitive?

2min

19.

The Science of Metacognition in the Courtroom

2min

20.

What's Going to Happen Next With AI?

5min

21.

Getting Into Cognitive Neuroscience as a PhD Student

3min

22.

Building a Computational Model of Self-Awareness

3min

23.

Using Computational Modeling to Measure Performance and Metacognition

3min

24.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to Predict Performance

2min

25.

Is There a Lack of Information Coming From the Motor System?

5min

26.

How Did You Get Into Cognitive Neuroscience?

4min

27.

Brain Science, All One Word to 55444

5min

28.

Brain Science Podcast

2min

This month's episode of Brain Science is an interview with Dr. Stephen Fleming, author of "Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness." We explore the concept of metacognition and learn that while explicit metacognition (thinking about thinking) may be unique to humans, it is built on building blocks shared with other species. We also explore what can go wrong and why it matters.

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Links and References:

Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness by Stephen M Fleming
Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World by Chris Frith (2007). Frith was interviewed in BSP 57
Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking by Cecilia Heyes (2018). Heyes was interviewed in BS 168.
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