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{{ | '''Bernard J. Baars''' (born 1946, [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands) is a [[cognitive neuroscientist]] and former senior fellow in theoretical [[neurobiology]] at [[the Neurosciences Institute]] in [[San Diego]], California. He is currently an affiliated fellow at the institute.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} | ||
He is best known as the originator of [[global workspace theory]], a concept of human [[cognitive architecture]] and [[consciousness]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527520.400-firing-on-all-neurons-where-consciousness-comes-from.html?full=true&print=true|title = Firing on all neurons: Where consciousness comes from}}</ref><ref>According to [http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/baars/ The Information Philosopher (link to website)], Baars has restored credibility to the "ancient metaphor of the mind as theater", accessed 6 January 2014.</ref> He previously served as a professor of psychology at [[Stony Brook University]], where he conducted research into the causation of human errors and the [[Freudian slip]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/27/science/do-freudian-slips-betray-a-darker-hidden-meaning.html?&pagewanted=all|title = Do 'Freudian Slips' Betray a Darker, Hidden Meaning?|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 27 November 1984|last1 = Goleman|first1 = Daniel}}</ref> and as a faculty member at the [[Wright Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17423484.100|title=The grand illusion}}</ref> | |||
Baars co-founded the [[Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theassc.org/|title = theASSC.org – Association of Scientific Studies of Consciousness}}</ref> and the Academic Press journal ''[[Consciousness and Cognition]]'', which he also edited, with William P. Banks, for "more than fifteen years".<ref>According to [http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/bernard-j-baars-phd Psychology Today (link)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091506/http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/bernard-j-baars-phd|date=7 January 2014}}, accessed 6 January 2014.</ref> | |||
In addition to research on global workspace theory with [[Stan Franklin]] and others,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccrg.cs.memphis.edu/papers.html|title = CCRG – Cognitive Computing Research Group – Papers}}</ref> Baars has done work to reintroduce the topic of the conscious brain into the standard college and graduate school curriculum, by writing college textbooks and general-audience books, web teaching, advanced seminars, and course videos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/conseminar/|title = Conseminar}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=June 2025}} | |||
In addition to research on global workspace theory with | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness'', NY: Cambridge University Press 1988, {{ISBN|0-521-30133-5}}. | |||
* ''Cognition, Brain and Consciousness: An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience''. (Second edition). London: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2010, with Nicole M. Gage, {{ISBN|978-0-12-375070-9}} | |||
* ''The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology'', NY: Guilford Press, 1986, {{ISBN|0-89862-912-8}}. | * ''The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology'', NY: Guilford Press, 1986, {{ISBN|0-89862-912-8}}. | ||
* ''The Experimental Psychology of Human Error: Implications for the Architecture of Voluntary Control'', NY: Plenum Press, Series on Cognition and Language, 1992, {{ISBN|0-306-43866-6}} | * ''The Experimental Psychology of Human Error: Implications for the Architecture of Voluntary Control'', NY: Plenum Press, Series on Cognition and Language, 1992, {{ISBN|0-306-43866-6}} | ||
* ''In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind'', NY: Oxford University Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0-19-514703-0}}. | * ''In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind'', NY: Oxford University Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0-19-514703-0}}. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{ | * {{Official website|bernardbaars.com}} | ||
* [http://ccrg.cs.memphis.edu/papers.html Published articles as pdf downloads, with Stan Franklin and other coauthors] | * [http://ccrg.cs.memphis.edu/papers.html Published articles as pdf downloads, with Stan Franklin and other coauthors] | ||
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[[Category:Scientists from Amsterdam]] | [[Category:Scientists from Amsterdam]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:10, 1 July 2025
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Bernard J. Baars (born 1946, Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a cognitive neuroscientist and former senior fellow in theoretical neurobiology at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California. He is currently an affiliated fellow at the institute.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He is best known as the originator of global workspace theory, a concept of human cognitive architecture and consciousness.[1][2] He previously served as a professor of psychology at Stony Brook University, where he conducted research into the causation of human errors and the Freudian slip,[3] and as a faculty member at the Wright Institute.[4]
Baars co-founded the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness[5] and the Academic Press journal Consciousness and Cognition, which he also edited, with William P. Banks, for "more than fifteen years".[6]
In addition to research on global workspace theory with Stan Franklin and others,[7] Baars has done work to reintroduce the topic of the conscious brain into the standard college and graduate school curriculum, by writing college textbooks and general-audience books, web teaching, advanced seminars, and course videos.[8]Template:Dead link
Bibliography
- A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness, NY: Cambridge University Press 1988, Template:ISBN.
- Cognition, Brain and Consciousness: An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience. (Second edition). London: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2010, with Nicole M. Gage, Template:ISBN
- The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology, NY: Guilford Press, 1986, Template:ISBN.
- The Experimental Psychology of Human Error: Implications for the Architecture of Voluntary Control, NY: Plenum Press, Series on Cognition and Language, 1992, Template:ISBN
- In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997, Template:ISBN.
References
External links
- Template:Official website
- Published articles as pdf downloads, with Stan Franklin and other coauthors
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- ↑ According to Psychology Today (link) Template:Webarchive, accessed 6 January 2014.
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