Junaković, Alisa

Kopić, Janja

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News & EducationRAD 556. Medical Sciences 62-63 (2023) : 123                          www.rad-med.com 123 June 2023   -   Vol 556 = 62-63Authors: Alisa JunakovićJanja KopićThe 22nd Brain Awareness Week in Croatia organized by the Croa-tian Institute for Brain Research and Croatian Neuroscience Soci-ety was held from March 13th to 17th. The main topics this year were postnatal brain development, levels of consciousness, and brain-gut interaction. As part of Brain Awareness Week, a mini-symposium “Neurobiology, ontogenesis, and evolution of con-sciousness and self-consciousness in humans” was organized by the Department of Medical Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art, Croatian Neuroscience Society, Croatian Insti-tute for Brain Research, Centre of Excellence - “Centre for basic, clinical and translational neuroscience”, and International Insti-tute for Brain Health. The exact biological basis of consciousness and especially self-consciousness has not been resolved, so many interesting lectures helped us understand this topic better. Sev-eral invited speakers from Croatia participated in the symposium - Academician Ivica Kostović (introductory lecture “Developmen-tal neurobiology of the emergence of consciousness and self-con-sciousness in humans”); professor Miloš Judaš, president of the Croatian Neuroscience Society (“The evolution of consciousness in the light of Damasio’s theory”); Professor Darko Chudy and Dr. Marina Raguž (“DBS in disorders of consciousness”); Profes-sor Miro Jakovljević (“Self-awareness, self and empathy in nor-mal and abnormal mind”); Professor Marko Radoš and Profes-sor Milan Radoš (“Functional MRI as an indicator of brain areas involved in the biology of the self ”). Professor Neven Henigsberg gave us a lecture on a popular topic: artificial intelligence (“What Brain Awareness Week 2023 - Symposium “Neurobiology, ontogenesis, and evolution of consciousness and self-consciousness in humans”are the limits of the artificial?”). “Disorders of consciousness in daily practice” was a very interesting clinical lecture held by Dr. Hrvoje Budinčević and Academician Vida Demarin. Professor Ante Sekulić gave us a lecture on an intriguing topic named “Bio-logical basis of general anesthesia” and the lecture “Consciousness and memory” was held by Professor Goran Šimić and Professor Mario Vukšić. All lectures gave us an insight into the complex and intriguing topic of the neurobiology of consciousness and self-consciousness but also left many open questions for further research.

Brain Awareness Week 2023 - Symposium “Neurobiology, ontogenesis, and evolution of consciousness and self- consciousness in humans”

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