Luiz Pessoa is a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Maryland and director of the Maryland Neuroimaging Center. Dr. Pessoa uses behavioural and functional MRI methods to study cognition and emotion (as manipulated, for instance, via the threat of shock), with an emphasis on the interactions between cognitive and emotional brain systems.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Luiz Pessoa is a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Maryland and director of the Maryland Neuroimaging Center. Dr. Pessoa uses behavioural and functional MRI methods to study cognition and emotion (as manipulated, for instance, via the threat of shock), with an emphasis on the interactions between cognitive and emotional brain systems.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Luiz Pessoa on the integrative framework, emotions, cognition

Michael Graziano is professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and creator of the attention schema theory.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Michael Graziano is professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and creator of the attention schema theory.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Michael Graziano on consciousness, attention schema theory, AI

Katharina Pistor is professor of comparative law at Columbia Law School and a leading scholar and writer on corporate governance, money and finance, property rights, and comparative law and legal institutions.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Katharina Pistor is professor of comparative law at Columbia Law School and a leading scholar and writer on corporate governance, money and finance, property rights, and comparative law and legal institutions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Katharina Pistor on law, the code of capital, law & capitalism

Richard Brown is a philosopher at the City University of New York. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the foundations of cognitive science and he has done significant work on higher order thought theories of consciousness.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Richard Brown is a philosopher at the City University of New York. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the foundations of cognitive science and he has done significant work on higher order thought theories of consciousness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Richard Brown on higher order thought theories of consciousness

Alex Rosenberg is professor of Philosophy at Duke University and has made several important contributions to the philosophy of science, biology, and social science.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Alex Rosenberg is professor of Philosophy at Duke University and has made several important contributions to the philosophy of science, biology, and social science.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Alex Rosenberg on scientism, reductionism, and the manifest image

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