" 'Thoughts' and 'things' are names for two sorts of object, which common sense will always find contrasted and will always practically oppose to each other."
- William James (1904)
Does ‘Consciousness’ Exist
Research
Some projects currently under way
Autism and understanding
social & mechanical reasoning and attentional processes in high functioning autistics - project In collaboration with Angela Ciccia.
Meta-analysis and instrinsic connections
Functional anatomy and resting state connectivity of areas involved in social & mechanical reasoning and attentional processes
Overlap between attentional and social processes
Does thinking about thoughts involve reorienting?
Does external attention compete with social & self-related processing?
Maps in the brain
Examining retinotopic organization of higher attentional areas, and methods for assessing topography on the cortical surface
Cross cultural study of theory of mind and moral reasoning
Do Sri Lankan Budhists and North Indian Jains have similar attitutudes to the mindedness and moral status of animals as westernized North Americans?
