Mark Solms

Neuropsychologist & Psychoanalyst. Author of 'The Only Cure: Freud & The Neuroscience of Mental Healing' (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, NY: Pegasus, 2026).

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An upcoming discussion with Nick Humphrey on the role of the cortex in consciousness and on artificial consciousness:
https://t.co/iHfOwONYeA

[UCT Neuroscience Institute @UCT_NI]

ADVERT: Funded Postdoc Fellowship with the Social Neuroscience Lab at the @UCT's Neuroscience Institute starting 2027!! with Dr Melike Fourie (@UCTHealthSci).
Research scope: adolescent neurocognition - brain health & skills implicated in social attunement.

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@jvryzhkova Prediction error by itself will reduce precision (confidence) in a prior action policy, but a posterior (updated) policy will require renewed action trials before it can be consolidated (i.e., assigned reliable precision). I hope that makes sense ...

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An interview with 'The American Psychoanalyst':
https://t.co/d9Iclb6eHi

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@thisischaim I will let them know ... thanks

[Mark Solms @Mark_Solms]

An upcoming discussion with Nick Humphrey on the role of the cortex in consciousness and on artificial consciousness:
https://t.co/iHfOwONYeA

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@jvryzhkova Sadly, yes, automated solutions outlive the original basis upon which they were formed.

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@ziggibson I am very sure it does not!

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@jvryzhkova The trick here, I think, is whether one connects the feeling with the behaviour or not (i.e., recognizes the link)

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@marshallpittman @HenryMi37016612 @michaelshermer Currently we are working on simulations, but our goal is a full instantiation

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@DrSjBrooks I am sure some of my team will be there ... thx

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@e_philalethes @anilkseth @webmasterdave @MiguelNicolelis @De_dicto @AlexLerchner @gualtieropicc @algekalipso @ylecun @StuartHameroff smiles

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@gnosia101 @e_philalethes @webmasterdave @anilkseth @MiguelNicolelis @De_dicto @kantbulldog @QualiaFreak1 @gualtieropicc @ylecun @algekalipso oh boy

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@DrSjBrooks Yes, 6pm UK time ...

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@SimsYStuart you are right; this is a seriously neglected structure

[Calum Chace @cccalum]

In the new book "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness", @Mark_Solms
argues that consciousness is not where we thought it was.

Get it here: https://t.co/bpcrImPERd?

https://t.co/DDg65O0PA6

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@coldjob smiles

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Another podcast, mainly about psychoanalysis this time ...
https://t.co/8d3Up3F3bF

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@coldjob more in the direction of the PAG than then insula!

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@DrSjBrooks Thank you. The neuro works are looking good ... I expect to be able to submit to the publisher by the end of 2027

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@Superhair2 @dr_mcgilchrist Very interesting paper. The midbrain and the forebrain are in the same subset, and the hindbrain follows very different (automated) functional principles. Makes sense to me!

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@alethuros will write to you shortly