Toward a Science of Consciousness

Plenary

PETER T. WALLING

Peter T. Walling is an Anesthesiologist at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas.  In partnership with Kenneth N. Hicks,

the non-linear nature of the emergence dynamics from anesthesia has been recorded and published. Dr. Walling lives on a farm

and has recorded the EEG of >20 species of fauna. Plotting estimated fractal dimension against species diversification time gives

an idea of the evolution of brain complexity and permits an informed guess at the first “dawning” of consciousness.

Frequent presenters at Tucson (TSC), Walling and Hicks have also written a book; “Consciousness: Anatomy of the Soul.”