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What is consciousness? Can we tell if other animals experience subjectivity, or whether there will be conscious machines or robots? These fundamental philosophical questions are now being explored by neuroscientist Associate Professor Nao Tsuchiya and his team.
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Research interests
Why and how does our subjective conscious experience emerge from physical electrochemical activity in the brain? Why is neuronal activity in the cortex, but not in the cerebellum, responsible for consiousness? Do any other animals experience subjectivity? If so, how can we know? Will there be conscious machines or robots? How can we test it? These are fascinating fundamental questions, which used to be questions for philosophers, but now they are for neuroscientists. In particular, our current projects focus on:
1. Behavioural effects and neuronal correlates of conscious and non-conscious processing.
2. Clarifying the differences and relationship of the neuronal mechanisms of consciousness and attention.
3. Analysis of multi-channel neurophysiological data to understand the neuronal mechanisms of consciousness.
4. Testing and developing quantitative theories of consciousness using empircal neuronal data.
Monash teaching commitment
PSY3280 Neural basis of consciousness
Education/Academic qualification
Computation and Neural Systems, PhD, California Institute of Technology
1 Sep 2000 → 1 Jul 2005
Award Date: 1 Jul 2006
Science, Bachelor, Kyoto University
1 Apr 1996 → 31 Mar 2000
Award Date: 31 Mar 2000
External positions
Visiting Researcher, Osaka University
1 Dec 2015 → …
Visiting Researcher, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
1 Nov 2010 → …
Research area keywords
- Consciousness
- Neuroscience
- Attention
- Decoding
- Electrophysiological recordings
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Integrating theory-guided and data-driven approaches for measuring consciousness
Tsuchiya, N., Fulcher, B., Carter, O. L., Andrillon, T. & Hogendoorn, H.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Pilot studies for the adversarial testing of predictive processing and integrated information theories of consciousness
Pennartz, C., Olcese, U., Muckli, L., Hohwy, J., Boly, M. & Tsuchiya, N.
1/03/21 → 31/08/21
Project: Research
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Online research on consciousness
Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Japan)
15/07/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Emergent agency from collective dynamics
Modi, K., Tsuchiya, N. & Hohwy, J.
1/03/19 → 11/02/20
Project: Research
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Neural origins of conscious perception in no-report paradigms
Tsuchiya, N., Oizumi, M., Kawasaki, H. & Tononi, G.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
31/07/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
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Blocking facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates visual awareness of faces with a neutral expression
Quettier, T., Gambarota, F., Tsuchiya, N. & Sessa, P., 11 May 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 11 p., 9972.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Growing evidence for separate neural mechanisms for attention and consciousness
Maier, A. & Tsuchiya, N., Feb 2021, In: Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 83, 2, p. 578-576 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Information flow in the rat thalamo-cortical system: spontaneous vs. stimulus-evoked activities
Ishizu, K., Shiramatsu, T. I., Hitsuyu, R., Oizumi, M., Tsuchiya, N. & Takahashi, H., 28 Sep 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 13 p., 19252.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Integrated information structure collapses with anesthetic loss of conscious arousal in Drosophila melanogaster
Leung, A., Cohen, D., Van Swinderen, B. & Tsuchiya, N., 26 Feb 2021, In: PLoS Computational Biology. 17, 2, 27 p., e1008722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Predicting lapses of attention with sleep-like slow waves
Andrillon, T., Burns, A., Mackay, T., Windt, J. & Tsuchiya, N., Dec 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 12 p., 3657.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Convergence Science Network
Nao Tsuchiya (Contributor)
2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Consciousness and Cognition (Journal)
Nao Tsuchiya (Editorial board member)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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From Neural Basis of Consciousness to Artificial Consciousness
Nao Tsuchiya (Contributor)
2016Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Invited Lecturer for 4 summer schoolsConsciousness: from theory to practice. Neuroscience School of Advanced School (NSAS), Venice, Italy, 2018 (organized by Giulio Tononi) Participated as a co-presenter. Initiative for the Synthesis of Studies of Awareness (ISSA), Japan, 2017 (Lecturer: Tsuchiya, Kanai, Albantakis, Zahavi, Tani, Amano, Nishimoto, Yamagishi, Doya, Nagai, Ishiguro, Osaka, Hut) Initiative for the Synthesis of Studies of Awareness (ISSA), Japan, 2015 (Tsuchiya, Wilke, Gallagher, Myowa, Doya, Asada, Nagai, Amano, Nishimoto, Colombetti, Virgo, Guttenberg, Smith, Hut) Lecture at Autumn School for Computational Neuroscience (ASCONE) 2016, Nagano, Japan
Nao Tsuchiya (Organiser)
2015 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Master of the brain
Nao Tsuchiya (Contributor)
2015Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar