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Adrian Mark Owen is a British and Canadian neuroscientist and best-selling author. He is best known for his 2006 discovery,… more

Adrian M. Owen
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It will be 20 years next year, yet our 2006 article continues to be the paper that keeps on giving. What a wild ride it’s been! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The quest to detect consciousness — in all its possible forms
Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The quest to detect consciousness — in all its possible forms
Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI.
www.nature.com
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Very proud of this one. If you want a complete primer on the history of functional neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness, then this is for you. With @karnig-kazazian.bsky.social and Martin Monti. owenlab.org/uploads/pdfF...
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Ah yes, the paper that keeps on giving! We’re ramping up for some special updates on the 20th anniversary in 2026.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Brilliant straight talking from the brilliant @adamrutherford.bsky.social A must read for everyone. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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My new book, provisionally titled “Thinking On Your Feet” will be published soon by #norton. But maybe I should retitling it “The Rise and Fall of the American Frontal Lobe”? Everyone seems to have stopped thinking for themselves. Did some cosmic event turn off an entire nation’s frontal lobes?
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Moi.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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It took them a while to catch on, but they’re finally waking up. If you wait to be told what to do, it will be too late to do anything about it. apple.news/AvPEO57t0TSS...
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States — The Canadian Press
The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is wa
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Reposted by Adrian M. Owen, Robert MacDonald, Caleb T. Hasler

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Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Unlocking Consciousness: A Journey into the Grey Zone
Jonathan is joined by Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging at the University of Western Ontario, to explore his groundbreaking research on consciousness in vegetative states.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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One boss passes the baton to another. Incredible performances all round. I’ve seem them both many times and this shows they are more than the sum
of their parts www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cma_...
The Killers & Bruce Springsteen: Encore At The Garden
YouTube video by TheKillersMusic
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Then he’ll sort Alzheimer’s disease by Christmas, cancer early in the new year, and eradicate heart disease by the summer. It’s shocking that thousands of scientists have spent decades failing to solve problems that one man with no relevant qualifications is going to fix in less than a year.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Look out for our forthcoming paper on the relationship between exercise and cognition. Provisional title: Running Man….
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by Adrian M. Owen

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It’s part of a special issue in honour of my good friend and former colleague John Duncan (Cambridge). We’re very proud of this work. It still feels extraordinary to me that you can decode precise memories from people’s brain activity alone.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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In my ongoing quest to publish as many academic papers with Arnold Schwazenegger movies as part of the title, I give you…..Total Recall….out today and free to read www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Total recall: Detecting autobiographical memory retrieval in the absence of behaviour
Functional neuroimaging has fundamentally changed our understanding of disorders of consciousness (DoC). While many DoC patients exhibit minimal to no…
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Ditto.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Post you from a different era. One side done. 1980.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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*BREAKING* World’s largest baby throws second tantrum in as many days…
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New version of "the letter" in Nature Neuroscience. Like many others in the field, I signed because I believe that IIT threatens to deligitimize the scientific study of consciousness: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific? - Nature Neuroscience
Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as ‘pseudoscience’, which has caused a heated open ...
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Oh, it’s Friday. They’re back on. No, they’re off. Or is on the new off? 250%? Did he make that number up? Does he think that’s the same as 25%? Who knows? He certainly doesn’t. It’s a beautiful number. What number? Any number! What did I just say? #internationallaughingstock
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Grass roots revolution starting at my local liquor store….
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Reposted by Adrian M. Owen, John Doyle, Adele Reinhartz , and 1 more

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This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
A mostly blank page with the words Strong and Free, from the English version of the Canadian national anthem ) Below the fold of this newspaper sheet , in smaller type, news and editorial references to the trade war
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Dumb and Dumber.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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I’m off to get the week’s all non-American groceries. I’ll stop by the liquor store to buy some non-American wine to celebrate. We’re having our kitchen renovated so I’ll put in that order for a non-American fridge, freezer, stove, oven, and microwave. Then I’ll settle down to watch the BBC news.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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I love Jonathan Pie. He says what we’re all thinking. With more swear words.
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by Adrian M. Owen

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Oh no you don’t!

by Adrian M. Owen

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Yeah, he was really great. On point, firm and mature. Unlike his counterpoints south of the border….
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by Adrian M. Owen

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It’s important to acknowledge that only a very tiny fraction of a percent of that goes back to the scientists who did the research, made the discoveries, and spun out the companies. And, bizarrely, the more successful the spin-out gets, the lower that percentage goes.

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Everyone Like And Repost 💯
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 🇨🇦 as he meets Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
This is how World Leaders show respect and dignity.
So proud of our Prime Mimister! #cdnpoli #peipoli
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