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  1. Brain Synchronization | Dr. Michael Persinger @ Consciousness Hacking SF

    Can technology support deeper human connection by directly synchronizing human brains? Research suggests that brains already sync up during social interaction. Can we amplify this? Is there a future of true technological telepathy? Dr. Michael Persinger, inventor of the God Helmet, Mandy Scott, and Brendan Lehman, will present their recent work exploring Excess Correlation, which is a measurable connection between brains, even across long distances. The Excess Correlation Project is an open source hardware platform which will allow anyone to replicate the startling and controversial findings.

    Persinger has over 200 peer reviewed publications, and his work has appeared in popular media around the world. We will also hear from two researcher's from Persinger's lab, who have helped shape the Excess Correlation research: Brendan Lehman, and Mandy Scott. Brendan's work has explored how externally induced excess correlation between a novice and expert video game player, can cause the novice to learn faster. Mandy's work has probed deeply into the nature of consciousness and psi phenomena, including Quantitiative EEG research.

    Persinger, Scott, and Lehman will all be presenting via live video streaming from Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada.

    April 6, 2016 Consciousness Hacking San Franci…

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  2. Mystery of the Brain - Symposium 2019 Talk Pieter R. Roelfsema

    The symposium "Mystery of the Brain" was organized in the honor of Prof. Nikos K. Logothetis from September 16 to 19, 2019. World-renowned scientists from prestigious institutions and universities were invited to provide insights into the cutting-edge research in neuroscience and gave exciting future perspectives for this field. More information: https://brainmystery.kyb.mpg.de

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  3. World Wide Neuro | Sussex Vision Series - 25/10/2021 - Prof. Pieter Roelfsema

    World Wide Neuro (https://www.worldwideneuro.com/) is a new and ongoing effort to continue, expand and democratise neuroscience seminars.

    World Wide Neighbours (https://www.world-wide.org/neighbors/) a new platform to disseminate listings from both employers and job seekers.

    Today, we are delighted to host Prof. Pieter Roelfsema from Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience:

    Interactions between visual cortical neurons that give rise to conscious perception

    I will discuss the mechanisms that determine whether a weak visual stimulus will reach consciousness or not. If the stimulus is simple, early visual cortex acts as a relay station that sends the information to higher visual areas. If the stimulus arrives at a minimal strength, it will be stored in working memory and can be reported. However, during more complex visual perceptions, which for example depend on the segregation of a figure from the background, early visual cortex’ role goes beyond a simply relay. It now acts as a cognitive blackboard and conscious perception depends on it. Our results inspire new approaches to create a visual prosthesis for the blind, by creating a direct interface with the visual brain. I will discuss how high-channel-number interfaces with the visual cortex might be used to restore a rudimentary form of vision in …

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