Introduction

Mind from Matter

by Andrea Gawrylewski

Section 1: What Is Consciousness

1.1    How Matter Becomes Mind

         by Max Bertolero and Danielle S. Bassett

1.2    How to Make a Consciousness Meter

         by Christof Koch

1.3    Can Lab-Grown Brains Become Conscious?

         by Sara Reardon

1.4    The Brain Electric

         by Christof Koch

1.5    How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?

         by John Horgan

Section 2: How We Perceive the World

2.1    Our Inner Universes

         by Anil K. Seth

2.2    Why We Have Free Will

         by Eddy Nahmias

2.3    The Brain Learns in Unexpected Ways

         by R. Douglas Fields

2.4    The Brain’s Social Road Maps

         by Matthew Schafer and Daniela Schiller

2.5    Face Values

         by Doris Y. Tsao

2.6    Radical Change

         by Michael A. Hogg

Section 3: Unconscious Mind

3.1    The Intention Machine

         by Richard A. Andersen

3.2    Infectious Dreams

         by Tore Nielsen

3.3    Sleep Learning Gets Real

         by Ken A. Paller and Delphine Oudiette

3.4    Answering Queries in Real Time while Dreaming

         by Diana Kwon

3.5    Can Science Illuminate Our Inner Dark Matter?

         by John Horgan

Section 4: Altered Reality  

4.1    A Disorder of Mind and Brain

         by Diana Kwon

4.2    The Undiscovered Illness

         by Simon Makin

4.3    Could COVID Delirium Bring on Dementia?

         by Carrie Arnold

4.4    A Psychedelic Renaissance

         by Danielle Schlosser and Thomas R. Insel