Arthur Reber

Adjunct Professor

University of British Columbia

Participates in 3 items

Arthur Reber is best known for his work on implicit learning, the process whereby useful and useable knowledge is acquired independent of awareness of either the process or the products of learning. He first demonstrated the phenomenon in 1967 and followed up on it in dozens of papers and books. The theory he developed, based on general principles in evolutionary biology, predicted that implicit cognitive functions would be robust in the face of neurological and psychological disorders, be fully functional at birth, maintain the mechanisms throughout the life span, show far less individual variation than explicit processes, and show continuity across species. Lately he's used the evolutionary biology approach to explore the emergence of consciousness and concluded that it is coterminous with life itself. He holds a courtesy appointment in the Psychology Department at the University of British Columbia. Website.

Sessions in which Arthur Reber participates

Tuesday 3 July, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:00 AM

Arthur Reber: A novel theory of the origin of mind: Conversations with a caterpillar and a bacterium

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510

Talk

Suzanne Held, Bristol Veterinary School (University of Bristol) (Moderator)

Arthur Reber, University of British Columbia (Participant)

2:00 PM

PANEL 7: Microbes, Molds and Plants

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510

Panel

Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London (Other Participant)

Reuven Dukas, McMaster University (Other Participant)

Frantisek Baluska, University of Bonn, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Botany (Participant)

Arthur Reber, University of British Columbia (Participant)

Gregory Dudek, McGill University (Other Participant)

Michael Hendricks, McGill University (Moderator)

7:30 PM

WORKSHOP 7: Suzanne Held: Pig Cognition and Why It Matters

2 hours, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510

Workshop

Suzanne Held, Bristol Veterinary School (University of Bristol) (Participant)

Arthur Reber, University of British Columbia (Moderator)

Riana Topan, Humane Society International/Canada (Other Participant)

Abby McCuaig, Worldwide Save Movement (Other Participant)