Consciousness in Humans and Other Things
£13.88
210200-0043-192
 
Consciousness research is progressing apace. Professor Anil Seth's webinar will illustrate 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 will explore 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 will also explore the implications of this view for the prospects of conscious machines, and describe results from The Perception Census - an ambitious large-scale study of perceptual diversity.  
 
This on-demand webinar was delivered live in March 2025 and is available in English only. You will have access to the webinar for 8 weeks from purchase.
 
Once you have watched this on-demand webinar, you will receive a Certificate of Completion.
 

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you'll be able to gain:

  • An up-to-date understanding of current thinking on consciousness from an eminent researcher

  • Greater clarity about how predictive processing can help bridge mechanism and phenomenological experience

  • Insight into how being a self can be understood in terms of perceptual predictions

  • An understanding of the implications of the predictive processing model for machine consciousness

  • Insights into new research on perceptual diversity

  • A greater appreciation of developments in consciousness research and their implications



 Is this course right for me? 

This event is suitable for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and others interested in a presentation by an eminent researcher on current thinking and research on consciousness. All welcome. 

 

Webinar presenters

Professor Anil Seth

Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Consciousness Studies at the University of Sussex. He is also Co-Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Program on Brain, Mind and Consciousness and Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience of Consciousness. He has published more than 200 research papers, is a Highly Cited Researcher (2019-2023). His TED talk has been viewed over 14 million times. His 2021 book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness was a Sunday Times Best seller, and Economist, Guardian and Financial Times Book of the Year. www.anilseth.com  

 

Pricing

Price: £13.83 (+ VAT) 
Members: £8.33 (+ VAT) 

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Contact

This webinar was hosted by the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section 

This webinar is provided by BPS Professional Practice and Development. You can contact us at cpd@bps.org.uk

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