Thesis François STOCKART

What mechanism determines access to perceptual awareness? In this thesis, I propose to test the following hypotheses: (1) perceptual awareness is determined by the accumulation of evidence and (2) this accumulation process, when it reaches a threshold, gives rise to the signature of awareness postulated by the 'global workspace', a theory of consciousness. Behavioural and electroencephalographic data will be compared with predictions made by a computational model in order to test the validity of the first hypothesis. In addition, intracranial electrophysiological data will be collected in humans in order to determine which precise regions are involved in this accumulation process and to test the validity of the second hypothesis.

Supervisors :
- Nathan FAIVRE - 0652937884 - nathan.faivreuniv-grenoble-alpes.fr (nathan[dot]faivre[at]univ-grenoble-alpes[dot]fr)
- Michael PEREIRA - +41 79 409 9746 - Michael.pereirauniv-grenoble-alpes.fr (Michael[dot]pereira[at]univ-grenoble-alpes[dot]fr) -

Keywords : Metacognition, Conscience, sEEG