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SUMMARY:Studying the functions of consciousness: what we know and what we 
 want to know - Dr Liad Mudrik\, Tel Aviv University\, Israel
DTSTART:20181123T163000Z
DTEND:20181123T173000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Generations of scholars of different disciplines have struggle
 d with the mystery of conscious awareness. How does it come about? And\, n
 o less importantly\, what does it do? To meet the challenge of scientifica
 lly operationalizing this question\, different experimental manipulations 
 have been developed. With these methods\, researchers managed to demonstra
 te surprisingly high-level forms of unconscious processing\, like semantic
  integration\, executive control\, emotional judgments\, reading and arith
 metic operations. Consequently\, some have suggested that consciousness ma
 y not hold any unique functional role. In this talk\, I will present exper
 iments which employ such methods\, and point out their implications and li
 mitations. I will then introduce our search for new means to probe unconsc
 ious processes\, specifically targeting consciousness' role in integration
  of information and in action.\n\nBio:\nDr. Liad Mudrik started her academ
 ic career as student of the interdisciplinary program for outstanding stud
 ents. She completed two Ph.D. dissertations at Tel Aviv University: her Ph
 .D. in cognitive neuroscience (psychology department\; supervisors: Domini
 que Lamy and Leon Deouell)  focused on the role of consciousness and atten
 tion in processing contextual violations. Her Ph.D. in philosophy (superio
 r: Marcello Dascal) was a descriptive-deconstructive analysis of the mind-
 body problem in neuroscience. She then continued to a postdoctoral fellows
 hip at the California Institute of Technology. In 2015\, she began her app
 ointment as a faculty member in Tel Aviv University’s school of psycholo
 gical science and the Sagol school of neuroscience. Her lab studies the ne
 ural bases of high-level cognition\, focusing on conscious experience and 
 cognitive effects on perception.
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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