Laura Alethia de la Fuente
Department of Physics
University of Buenos Aires
How can we access the inner experience of another being? This question lies at the heart of neuroscience’s challenge to understand subjectivity. In this talk, I trace how computational and physiological approaches allow us to approach this enigma from different angles: by linking human reports of cannabis experiences with chemical strain profiles, by analyzing the reversibility of neural dynamic time in monkeys under altered states of consciousness, and by designing future experiments where structured stimuli (like music and stories) may evoke measurable but unspoken experiences. Together, these lines of work invite a new science of subjectivity—grounded in data but open to nuance.
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