Prof. Alfredo Brancucci (2 credits)
Perceptual consciousness: neurobiological bases. Visual consciousness. EEG, cerebral rhythms, wakefulness, sleep and dream. Qualia. Methods and techniques of neuroscience applied to consciousness. Phylogenesis and ontogenesis of consciousness. Integrated information theory, complexity, artificial consciousness.
Prof. Piero Di Carlo (2 credits)
Consciousness and complexity. The physical approach to complex systems. Order and disorder: the concept of entropy. Consciousness according to classical physics: entropic and syntropical models of consciousness. Consciousness according to quantum physics. Computational models of consciousness.
Prof. Enzo Forlano (2 credits)
Epistemology of consciousness: objective aspects and subjective aspects. Consciousness and unconsciousness. Constructing content of conscience: the basic mechanisms. Consciousness and higher cognitive functions. Consciousness and emotions. Neural correlates of the states of consciousness.
