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Patricia Smith Churchland is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their primary research field is Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their work also touches on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Artificial Intelligence, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics cover several areas including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Recent publications by Patricia Smith Churchland include:

  • "Morality and the Brain: The Right Hemisphere and Doing Right" (2020) in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
  • "Transformers and cortical waves: encoders for pulling in context across time" (2024) in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Agencia y control: el rol subcortical en las buenas decisiones" (2022) in Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso
  • "White matter disconnection in acquired criminality" (2025) in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "What is Neurophilosophy and How Did Neurophilosophy Get Started?" (2022) in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The most frequent coauthors associated with Patricia Smith Churchland are:

  • Howard Burton
  • Christopher M. Filley
  • Isaiah Kletenik
  • Lyle Muller
  • Terrence J. Sejnowski

Their publications have appeared in a range of academic venues, including:

  • Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain

    Patricia Smith Churchland

  • The Computational Brain

    Patricia Smith Churchland;Terrence J. Sejnowski

  • Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality

    Patricia Smith Churchland

  • Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy

    Patricia Smith Churchland

  • A critique of pure vision

    Patricia S. Churchland;V. S. Ramachandran;Terrence J. Sejnowski

  • Perspectives on cognitive neuroscience

    Patricia S. Churchland;Terrence J. Sejnowski

  • Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: How does it work? What does it mean?

    Patricia S. Churchland;Piotr Winkielman

  • Problems with measuring peripheral oxytocin: can the data on oxytocin and human behavior be trusted?

    Michael E. McCullough;Patricia Smith Churchland;Armando J. Mendez

  • Putting big data to good use in neuroscience

    Terrence J Sejnowski;Terrence J Sejnowski;Patricia S Churchland;Patricia S Churchland;J Anthony Movshon

  • Neural representation and neural computation

    Patricia Smith Churchland;Terrence J. Sejnowski

  • Epistemology in the Age of Neuroscience

    Patricia Smith Churchland

  • CONSCIOUSNESS: THE TRANSMUTATION OF A CONCEPT

    Patricia Smith Churchland;Patricia Smith Churchland

  • Brains, Genes, and Primates

    Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte;Edward M. Callaway;Sarah J. Caddick;Patricia Churchland

  • The Neural Mechanisms of Moral Cognition: A Multiple-Aspect Approach to Moral Judgment and Decision-Making

    William D. Casebeer;Patricia S. Churchland

  • Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves

    Patricia Smith Churchland

  • Self-representation in nervous systems.

    Patricia S. Churchland

  • Stalking the wild epistemic engine

    Patricia Smith Churchland;Paul M. Churchland

  • Review: can innate, modular foundations explain morality? challenges for haidt's moral foundations theory

    Christopher L. Suhler;Patricia Churchland

  • Gaps in Penrose's toiling

    Rick Grush;Patricia Smith Churchland

  • A Perspective on Mind-Brain Research

    Patricia Smith Churchland

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Edward M. Callaway
Edward M. Callaway Salk Institute for Biological Studies
J. Anthony Movshon
J. Anthony Movshon New York University
Peter L. Strick
Peter L. Strick University of Pittsburgh
Piotr Winkielman
Piotr Winkielman University of California, San Diego
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran University of California, San Diego
Afonso C. Silva
Afonso C. Silva University of Pittsburgh

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