معرفی
Dr. Ishan Singhal is a Research Fellow (Informatics) at the School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex. His academic work bridges cognitive neuroscience, consciousness studies, and philosophy of mind, with a specialized focus on time perception and visual awareness.
Dr. Singhal's research interests center on temporal phenomenology and the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness. His work explores how humans perceive and process time across multiple scales, from milliseconds to seconds, and how these temporal processes relate to conscious experience. He has made significant contributions to understanding flicker frequency modulation in visual awareness, duration perception during perceptual switches, and the relationship between temporal hierarchy and consciousness.
His recent publications reveal a strong emphasis on the intersection of time perception and consciousness, with a notable trend toward developing integrated theoretical frameworks that connect subjective experience with neural mechanisms. Dr. Singhal's work often challenges conventional views, such as the notion that 'there is no sense organ for time,' arguing instead for specific neural mechanisms dedicated to temporal processing.
Dr. Singhal is currently funded by a substantial European Union grant titled 'Computational Neurophenomenology: Explaining Conscious Experiences in terms of Neural Mechanisms' (2022-2028), which supports interdisciplinary research connecting computational modeling with phenomenological approaches to consciousness. His primary collaborator appears to be Dr. N. Srinivasan, with whom he has published extensively across multiple years.
Students interested in working with Dr. Singhal would find opportunities in his EU-funded project, particularly in experimental studies of temporal perception, neural correlates of visual awareness, computational modeling of time-consciousness, and philosophical investigations of temporal phenomenology. His research group offers interdisciplinary training at the cutting edge of consciousness science.
