Topic: cortical organisation

Alex Maier discusses consciousness through the lens of visual neurophysiology and integrated information theory. The conversation examines the appeal of a formal mathematical account, how it relates to experiments on perception and cortical organisation, and the challenges of developing laws for subjective experience.

Von Economo stated that an "Ideal Cortical Map" would look very different to a parcellation. He suggested that an Ideal Cortical Map would involve the superimposition of many different cortical maps, with changes in each map shown at every single point. In line with this idea, I will discuss our recent research on identifying principal dimensions of cortical differentiation. In particular, I will highlight large-scale patterns of cytoarchitectural differentiation that can be observed using post mortem histology or in vivo microstructure-sensitive MRI. I aim to show how this approach provides a