Channel Title: Ihm Curious Channel Description: Ihm Curious makes videos about neuroscience at the bleeding edge of human sanity. Brain organoids, brain implants, biocomputing, consciousness, human-animal chimeras, and more. Elliott is a doctor, but not the kind that can help you. He teaches and researches psychology and neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara. <video> Which System is Conscious? IIT vs. Functionalist Theories with Christof Koch [Interview Clip 3] Description: Christof Koch explains the difference between Integrated Information Theory and other theories of consciousness, and IIT's counterintuitive prediction about what systems are conscious. Dr. Koch is a contributor to IIT and studies consciousness at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which he used to run. Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRgsbd1w3Cj8Fp5dCC810pI For a more complete description of IIT, see the books and audiobooks below. Video about researchers calling IIT "pseudoscience": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqWgB8O-Fs Get Christof's books and audiobooks (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) - BOOK ABOUT IIT: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed https://amzn.to/3xiJvsd - UPCOMING BOOK: Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It (Preorder for May 7, 2024) https://amzn.to/3vt45FX - EASY TO READ: Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist https://amzn.to/49oPBom Christof's pen (MUJI pen, writes like a dream, great colors): https://amzn.to/4aPGvCa </video> <video> MDMA Therapy Legalization News - January 2024 [Jonathan Robinson Interview Clip] Description: Extended interview at https://www.patreon.com/IhmCurious Is MDMA still on track for legal medical use in 2024? How will therapists be licensed? Psychotherapist and bestselling author Jonathan Robinson discusses the most recent developments from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS: --- Source of Jonathan's claim that the FDA should approve MDMA in one month: https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/maps-pbc-files-seminal-new-drug-application-mdma --- More information about the American Medical Association's new insurance codes for MDMA therapy: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/02/2658960/0/en/American-Medical-Association-to-Issue-First-New-Code-for-Psychedelic-Therapies.html The opinions shared by Jonathan are not necessarily my own, and I have no financial relationship with Jonathan or his book. I just wanted to bring you a conversation with an interesting guy, who's had some interesting experiences, related to some issues I care about. </video> <video> Aphantasia: Why "Blind Imagination" Could Be the Key to Understanding Consciousness Description: People with aphantasia can't make mental images. This condition could be the key to understanding consciousness in the brain. Dr. Hakwan Lau explains how aphantasia can help researchers in the field solve a problem that undermines most consciousness research, how it is a real-world example of the "hard problem" of consciousness, and why Global Neuronal Workspace Theory might collapse if tested properly. Corrections/clarifications: - People use different strategies for mental rotation, whether or not they have aphantasia. It's not always visual rotation of the image. Some people use more analytic strategies. For Hakwan 's hypothesis to be viable, there only needs to be a subset of aphantasic people who rotate images using unconscious mental imagery. Follow Hakwan Lau: Twitter: https://x.com/hakwanlau Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyx64cl7oqkc3nqwiu3cnps5 Support the channel & watch extended interviews early: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious You can get Hakwan's book through this Amazon Affiliate link (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) In Consciousness we Trust: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience: https://amzn.to/3XytJEv Chapters: 0:00 Introduction: Aphantasia Test 0:44 Mental Rotation and Consciousness Research 2:43 Defining Consciousness (The Right Way) 5:14 Aphantasia 8:31 Mental Rotation in Aphantasia 10:40 Bad Consciousness Research 11:23 Back to the Hard Problem 12:45 Testing Theories of Consciousness 15:06 Problems With Consciousness Research (Global Workspace Theory) Images: Spider and rooster from Michalowsky et al.'s (2017) Set of Fear Inducing Pictures (SFIP) https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-016-0797-y Dog in teacup from Kurdi et al.'s (2017) Open Affective Standardized Image Set (OASIS) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26907748/ Music: I-85 by Kia, from CreatorMix.com Blue Dream by Cheel, from YouTube Creator Music </video> <video> Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness (IIT) Explained by Christof Koch [Interview Clip 2] Description: Influential consciousness researcher Christof Koch describes Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Dr. Koch is a contributor to IIT and studies consciousness at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which he used to run. Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRgsbd1w3Cj8Fp5dCC810pI For a more complete description of IIT, see the books and audiobooks below. Video about researchers calling IIT "pseudoscience": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqWgB8O-Fs Get Christof's books and audiobooks (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) - BOOK ABOUT IIT: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed https://amzn.to/3xiJvsd - UPCOMING BOOK: Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It (Preorder for May 7, 2024) https://amzn.to/3vt45FX - EASY TO READ: Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist https://amzn.to/49oPBom Christof's pen (MUJI pen, writes like a dream): https://amzn.to/4aPGvCa </video> <video> Are Brain Organoids Conscious? AI? Christof Koch on Consciousness vs. Intelligence in IIT [Clip 4] Description: Christof Koch explains why brain organoids are conscious, but AI is not, according to Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Dr. Koch is a contributor to IIT and studies consciousness at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which he used to run. Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRgsbd1w3Cj8Fp5dCC810pI For a more complete description of IIT, see the books and audiobooks below. Video about researchers calling IIT "pseudoscience": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqWgB8O-Fs Get Christof's books and audiobooks (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) - BOOK ABOUT IIT: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed https://amzn.to/3xiJvsd - UPCOMING BOOK: Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It (Preorder for May 7, 2024) https://amzn.to/3vt45FX - EASY TO READ: Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist https://amzn.to/49oPBom Christof's pen (MUJI pen, writes like a dream, great colors): https://amzn.to/4aPGvCa </video> <video> Did Francis Crick Discover DNA on LSD? Asking His Collaborator Christof Koch Description: Christof Koch gives his opinion about whether Francis Crick was using LSD when he realized that DNA had a double-helix structure. Christof worked closely with Francis on the neural correlates of consciousness. Crick's biographer, Matt Ridley, had a similar take: https://www.mattridley.co.uk/books/francis-crick-discoverer-of-the-genetic-code/ More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRgsbd1w3Cj8Fp5dCC810pI Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious Get Christof's books and audiobooks (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) - BOOK ABOUT IIT: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed https://amzn.to/3xiJvsd - UPCOMING BOOK: Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It (Preorder for May 7, 2024) https://amzn.to/3vt45FX - EASY TO READ: Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist https://amzn.to/49oPBom </video> <video> Can a Lab-Grown "Mini Human Brain" Really Fly a Butterfly? Breaking Down FinalSpark's New Tech Description: Try brilliant FREE for 30 days: https://brilliant.org/ihm/ And get 20% off an annual membership! Biocomputing company FinalSpark released footage of a human brain organoid "controlling" a virtual butterfly. How does it work? Product Links (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) 3D Brain model: https://amzn.to/3Z6wFZA Cheaper 3D brain model: https://amzn.to/3Cw7yXi Cheapest 3D brain model: https://amzn.to/48RqD22 More on brain organoids: https://youtu.be/u6FGq7_t3Eo More on biocomputing: https://youtu.be/67r7fDRBlNc https://youtu.be/G0XeA_X2Cag Interview with FinalSpark co-founder Fred Jordan and many more on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ihmcurious FinalSpark Butterfly Neuroplatform Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wILRLhAq1g </video> <video> The Predictive Brain: Rethinking Perception, Emotion, and Dreams with Anil Seth Description: Anil Seth explains "controlled hallucinations" and how the predictive brain approach can reframe our understanding of perception, emotion, and dreams. Dr. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Oxford Academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness. More clips: More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRATWHIm0O7YsT9C_UkR_FV Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious You can get Anil's books and audiobooks through these Amazon Affiliate links (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) Being You: A New Science of Consciousness https://amzn.to/3wPcVya 30-Second Brain: https://amzn.to/3wPcVya Chapters 0:00: The Predictive Brain 2:21: Reframing Perception: Controlled Hallucination 3:53: Reframing Emotion 6:34: The Free Energy Principle 10:17: Wobbly Footbridge Study 13:36: Dreams </video> <video> Rat/Mouse Brain Hybrid Created: New CRISPR Method for Cross-Species Chimeras Description: Try brilliant FREE for 30 days: https://brilliant.org/ihm/ And get 20% off an annual membership! Scientists grew a hybrid mouse with rat brain cells, using genetic modification and stem cells from a rat. Their new method for creating chimeras, based on CRISPR, could open the door to growing humanized organs in animals for transplantation into humans. Note: Rat and mouse cortex is not wrinkly like human cortex. It is pretty smooth, as shown at 7:06. Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious Early access to full interviews, ad-free videos, and live Q&As. Link to paper (paywalled) https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)00308-8 Another video on chimeras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofZ-YWoeCE Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:19 Blastocyst Complementation 1:39 New CRISPR Method 2:26 Forebrain Replacement 3:38 Staining the Brain 5:02 Interspecies Brain Hybrid 6:27 How Far? 7:05 Normal? 8:28 Persistent? 9:03 Synchronized Development 9:51 Cell-Autonomous Mechanisms 10:32 Human Organs in Animals 11:19 Limitations 11:37 Functional Connectivity </video> <video> Brain Organoids Communicate: A Step Toward "Organoid Intelligence" Description: Scientists have connected two organoids together with an axon bundle, to study how brain areas communicate. They sent signals back and forth and responded to external stimulation. This could be a step toward biocomputing. Learn about: axons, white matter, re-entry, optogenetics, myelination, entrainment, short-term potentiation CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS: As the pinned comment points out, there are many different kinds of neurons, and two pairs of organoids may not have the same cellular makeup. This natural variation between neurons might also account for the different post-stimulation behavior of the organoids from different cell lines. Greg Dunn's Neuro Art: USE CODE "BRAIN" AT CHECKOUT FOR 10% OFF https://www.gregadunn.com/product-category/print-of-neuroscience-and-nature-art-by-greg-dunn/ Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious Books and audiobooks mentioned (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) - A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination (By Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi) https://amzn.to/4aLBZED - Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life, (By Steven Strogatz) https://amzn.to/3UyJM3o The paper (open access) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46787-7 Osaki et al., 2024: Complex activity and short-term plasticity of human cerebral organoids reciprocally connected with axons </video> <video> Defining Consciousness with Anil Seth: How Different Theories "Talk Past Each Other" Description: People define "consciousness" in many ways. Anil Seth discusses his preferred definitions, why theories "talk past each other", phenomenal consciousness vs. access consciousness, and strong vs. weak versions of "illusionism". Dr. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Oxford Academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness. More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRATWHIm0O7YsT9C_UkR_FV Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious You can get Anil's books and audiobooks through these Amazon Affiliate links (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) Being You: A New Science of Consciousness https://amzn.to/3wPcVya 30-Second Brain: https://amzn.to/3wPcVya Chapters: 0:00: What is consciousness? 1:23: Theories talking past each other 3:35: Illusionism (does consciousness exist?) 4:53: The value of "weak" illusionism Richard Brown reacting to Galen Strawson on illusionism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvjFJTKe8qI The part I mentioned is in Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXPiRotfXT0 </video> <video> Can You Smell Words? How Your Brain Decodes Smell Description: Try brilliant FREE for 30 days: https://brilliant.org/ihm/ And get 20% off an annual membership! How does your brain decide what something smells like? A new study uses a high-powered MRI to see how reading words can affect your brain's processing of smells. Learn about: fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), MVPA (multi-voxel pattern analysis), piriform cortex, olfactory bulbs, medial prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, reverse inference problem Video on reverse inference in fMRI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0DnegddPLk Olfactory bulb image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_system#/media/File:Head_Olfactory_Nerve_Labeled.png CC BY 2.5 DEED https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ </video> <video> Neuralink Announces "Telepathy": Can You Send Thoughts with a Brain Implant? Description: Neuralink announced a product called Telepathy for controlling your phone and computer with your mind. Is it more like telepathy or telekinesis? And which brain implant is closest to achieving telepathy, sending your thoughts into someone else's mind? Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious </video> <video> The Hard Problem of Consciousness vs. the Real Problem with Anil Seth Description: Anil Seth describes the Hard Problem of consciousness and his pragmatic alternative, the Real Problem. Dr. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Oxford Academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness. More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRATWHIm0O7YsT9C_UkR_FV Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious You can get Anil's books and audiobooks through these Amazon Affiliate links (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) Being You: A New Science of Consciousness https://amzn.to/3wPcVya 30-Second Brain: https://amzn.to/3wPcVya Chapters 0:00: The Hard Problem of Consciousness 1:34: The Easy Problems 2:23: The Real Problem 4:00: Dissolving the Hard Problem? 6:07: The Meta-Problem 6:43: Modeling Hallucinations 7:51: The Predictive Brain </video> <video> What Is Consciousness? Did it Evolve? According to Christof Koch [Interview Clip 1] [Audio Fixed] Description: (Thanks to those of you who pointed out the audio issue with the first upload! Sorry for the double post.) Influential consciousness researcher Christof Koch explains what he means (and doesn't mean) by "consciousness", and why consciousness may be more like electrical charge than an evolved behavior. Dr. Koch is a contributor to IIT and studies consciousness at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which he used to run. Full interview: https://www.patreon.com/ihmcurious More clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoBv59wQzTRgsbd1w3Cj8Fp5dCC810pI Greg Dunn's Neuro Art: USE CODE "BRAIN" AT CHECKOUT FOR 10% OFF https://www.gregadunn.com/product-category/print-of-neuroscience-and-nature-art-by-greg-dunn/ Get Christof's books and audiobooks (I will get a small commission at no cost to you to support the channel) - UPCOMING BOOK: Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It (Preorder for May 7, 2024) https://amzn.to/3vt45FX - BOOK ABOUT IIT: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed https://amzn.to/3xiJvsd - EASY TO READ: Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist https://amzn.to/49oPBom Christof's pen (MUJI pen, writes like a dream, great colors): https://amzn.to/4aPGvCa </video>

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Ihm Curious makes videos about neuroscience at the bleeding edge of human sanity. Brain organoids, brain implants, biocomputing, consciousness, human-animal chimeras, and more.

Elliott is a doctor, but not the kind that can help you. He teaches and researches psychology and neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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