American neuroscientist, neurophilosopher, and author
Erik Hoel
Born
1988 (age 35–36)
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Hampshire College (BA) University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
Neuroscience, cognitive science
neurophilosophy
Institutions
Tufts University Columbia University
Doctoral advisor
Giulio Tononi
Website
erikphoel.com
Erik Hoel is an American neuroscientist,[1] neurophilosopher,[2] and fiction writer. His main areas of research are the study and philosophy of consciousness, cognition, biological function of dreams, and mathematical theories of emergence. He is noted for using information theory and causal analysis to develop mathematical models to explore and understand the basis of consciousness and dreams.[3][4][5][6] Hoel holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and in 2018 was recipient of the Forbes 30 Under 30 – Science award.[7]
^"New Math Untangles the Mysterious Nature of Causality". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^Horgan, John. "Second Thoughts on Whether Self-Knowledge Is Overrated". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^"A Theory of Reality as More Than the Sum of Its Parts". Quanta Magazine. June 1, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^"New Math Untangles the Mysterious Nature of Causality". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^"Weird dreams train us for the unexpected, says new theory". the Guardian. May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^"Weird Dreams Keep Our Brains Fit, Help Humans Cope Better with Reality, Finds Study". www.news18.com. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
ErikHoel is an American neuroscientist, neurophilosopher, and fiction writer. His main areas of research are the study and philosophy of consciousness...
Psychology, neuroscience Institutions University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Pisa University of California at San Diego Notable students ErikHoel...
it from possible appropriation by other, non-vision, sense operations. ErikHoel proposes, based on artificial neural networks, that dreams prevent overfitting...
Thesis Optical studies of calcium dynamics in developing neocortical neurons Doctoral advisors Torsten Wiesel, Lawrence C. Katz Notable students ErikHoel...
Singapore, Malaysia, and the USA. Kenneth Ishak – vocals, guitar Jan-ErikHoel – bass Thomas Garder Olsen – guitar Mattias Krohn-Nielsen - guitar, keyboards...
leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2021. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Willie Hoel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian)...
Bishop Monrad Vistven as Erik Kim-Henning Nilsen as Tommy Hagen Cathrine Hoel Hansen as Matilde Frida Stavnes as Katia Erik Adams of the AV Club considers...
original idea by Jo Nesbø, the series is co-created with Karianne Lund and Erik Skjoldbjærg. Season 2 premiered on 10 October 2017. The third and final season...
Arne Hoel (5 April 1927 – 10 September 2006) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen...
Jensen Aud Schønemann as Valborg Jensen Willie Hoel as Bartender Hansen (a character in the first two films; Hoel also plays various other small roles later...
Lars Erik Eriksen (born 29 December 1954) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in multiple events at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and...
book of cacti & succulents. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-1657-5. Hoel, Erik (May 2021). "The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization"...
Rights In office 1978–1984 Preceded by Kari Skjønsberg Succeeded by Sigrun Hoel In office 2018–2020 Preceded by Marit Nybakk Succeeded by Anne Hege Grung...
Paulus Per Theodor Haugen - Overlegen Eilif Armand - Den tilknappede Willie Hoel - En pasientvenn Aud Schønemann - Kona til Vålerenga Freddy Lindquist - Musikeren...
Pete Hill (1990) Lester Hillbish (1998) Ted Hodgdon (1998) J.C. Hoel (1998) Pearl Hoel (1991) Soichiro Honda (2000) Jules Horky (1998) David L. Hough (2009)...
ISBN 82-90924-07-0. Information about Erik Eriksen based on The Discovery of King Karl Land, Spitsbergen, by Adolf Hoel, The Geographical Review Vol. XXV...
notable Norwegian authors and poets, among them Arnulf Øverland, Sigurd Hoel, A.H. Winsnes, Cora Sandel and Francis Bull. They disagreed with the official...
Andersen Nexø (1869–1954), Danish writer Martin Erik Andersen (born 1964), Danish sculptor Martin Hoel Andersen (born 1995), Norwegian footballer Martin...
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