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Michael Graziano's lab currently focuses on the brain basis of consciousness. The research investigates how the brain arrives at conclusions about internal, subjective experiences and explores the non-physical and inexplicable nature of these experiences. The lab is probing fundamental questions such as: How does the brain introspect and access internal data? What kind of self-description does the brain arrive at? What are the adaptive advantages of this style of self-description? How do the brain systems compute information, and what occurs when these systems are damaged? These questions are examined through specific, mechanistic theories of awareness, which have been elaborated in Graziano's recent book, "Consciousness and the Social Brain."
Princeton Neuroscience Institute • Princeton, NJ
Leading research on the brain basis of consciousness.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.