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Patricia Churchland

Title(s)Emeritus Professor, Philosophy
SchoolVc-academic Affairs
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    1. White matter disconnection in acquired criminality. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Oct; 30(10):4815-4823. Kletenik I, Filley CM, Cohen AL, Drew W, Churchland PS, Darby RR, Fox MD. PMID: 40500338.
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    2. How Might a 'Philosopher's Toolkit' Help Advance Neuroscience? Let's Ask Some Neuroscientists. Eur J Neurosci. 2025 Apr; 61(7):e70074. Bickle J, Churchland P, Firestein S, Lehman MN, Parker DJ, Silva AJ, Walters BJ, Williams RW. PMID: 40176364.
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    3. Transformers and cortical waves: encoders for pulling in context across time. Trends Neurosci. 2024 10; 47(10):788-802. Muller L, Churchland PS, Sejnowski TJ. PMID: 39341729; PMCID: PMC11936488.
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    4. Morality and the Brain: The Right Hemisphere and Doing Right. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2020 12; 33(4):304-307. Filley CM, Kletenik I, Churchland PS. PMID: 33264160.
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    5. The First Neuroethics Meeting: Then and Now. Cerebrum. 2017 Sep-Oct; 2017. Moreno JD, Churchland PS, Schaffner KF. PMID: 30210660; PMCID: PMC6132043.
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    6. Blending computational and experimental neuroscience. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2016 Nov; 17(11):667-668. Churchland PS, Sejnowski TJ. PMID: 30283241; PMCID: PMC6166881.
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    7. Brains, genes, and primates. Neuron. 2015 May 06; 86(3):617-31. Izpisua Belmonte JC, Callaway EM, Caddick SJ, Churchland P, Feng G, Homanics GE, Lee KF, Leopold DA, Miller CT, Mitchell JF, Mitalipov S, Moutri AR, Movshon JA, Okano H, Reynolds JH, Ringach D, Sejnowski TJ, Silva AC, Strick PL, Wu J, Zhang F. PMID: 25950631; PMCID: PMC4425847.
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    8. Putting big data to good use in neuroscience. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Nov; 17(11):1440-1. Sejnowski TJ, Churchland PS, Movshon JA. PMID: 25349909; PMCID: PMC4224030.
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    9. A Conversation with Patricia Churchland. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2014; 79:263-5. Churchland P, Witkowski J. PMID: 26092890.
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    10. Dorcas Cummings Lecture. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2014; 79:245-9. Churchland PS. PMID: 26092885.
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    11. Exploring the causal underpinnings of determination, resolve, and will. Neuron. 2013 Dec 18; 80(6):1337-8. Churchland PS. PMID: 24360536.
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    12. Problems with measuring peripheral oxytocin: can the data on oxytocin and human behavior be trusted? Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Sep; 37(8):1485-92. McCullough ME, Churchland PS, Mendez AJ. PMID: 23665533.
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    13. Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: how does it work? What does it mean? Horm Behav. 2012 Mar; 61(3):392-9. Churchland PS, Winkielman P. PMID: 22197271; PMCID: PMC3312973.
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    14. When It's an error to mirror: the surprising reputational costs of mimicry. Psychol Sci. 2011 Oct; 22(10):1274-6. Kavanagh LC, Suhler CL, Churchland PS, Winkielman P. PMID: 21921290.
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    15. The brain and its self. Proc Am Philos Soc. 2011 Mar; 155(1):41-50. Churchland PS. PMID: 21936201.
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    16. Can Innate, modular "foundations" explain morality? Challenges for Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory. J Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Sep; 23(9):2103-16; discussion 2117-22. Suhler CL, Churchland P. PMID: 21291315.
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    17. Control: conscious and otherwise. Trends Cogn Sci. 2009 Aug; 13(8):341-7. Suhler CL, Churchland PS. PMID: 19646918.
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    18. Psychology and medical decision-making. Am J Bioeth. 2009; 9(6-7):79-81. Suhler C, Churchland P. PMID: 19998129.
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    19. The impact of neuroscience on philosophy. Neuron. 2008 Nov 06; 60(3):409-11. Churchland PS. PMID: 18995813.
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    20. The significance of neuroscience for philosophy. Funct Neurol. 2008 Oct-Dec; 23(4):175-8. Churchland PS, Phil B. PMID: 19331779.
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    21. Neurophilosophy: an introduction and overview. Preface. Funct Neurol. 2007 Oct-Dec; 22(4):179-80. Churchland PS, Di Francesco M. PMID: 18182123.
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    22. Neurophilosophy: the early years and new directions. Funct Neurol. 2007 Oct-Dec; 22(4):185-95. Churchland PS. PMID: 18182125.
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    23. The necessary-and-sufficient boondoggle. Am J Bioeth. 2007 Jan; 7(1):54-5; discussion W1-4. Churchland PS. PMID: 17366167.
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    24. A neurophilosophical slant on consciousness research. Prog Brain Res. 2005; 149:285-93. Churchland PS. PMID: 16226591.
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    25. Self-representation in nervous systems. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Oct; 1001:31-8. Churchland PS. PMID: 14625353.
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    26. Neural worlds and real worlds. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2002 Nov; 3(11):903-7. Churchland PS, Churchland PM. PMID: 12415298.
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    27. Self-representation in nervous systems. Science. 2002 Apr 12; 296(5566):308-10. Churchland PS. PMID: 11951034.
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    28. Brain science and the self. Cerebrum. 2002; 4(3):56-8. Jonsen AR, Churchland PS, Damasio AR, Moreno J, Schaffner KF, Mobley W. PMID: 16619413.
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    29. What should we expect from a theory of consciousness? Adv Neurol. 1998; 77:19-30; discussion 30-2. Churchland PS. PMID: 9709815.
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    30. Recent work on consciousness: philosophical, theoretical, and empirical. Semin Neurol. 1997 Jun; 17(2):179-86. Churchland PM, Churchland PS. PMID: 9195661.
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    31. Could a machine think? Sci Am. 1990 Jan; 262(1):32-7. Churchland PM, Churchland PS. PMID: 2294584.
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    32. Perspectives on cognitive neuroscience. Science. 1988 Nov 04; 242(4879):741-5. Churchland PS, Sejnowski TJ. PMID: 3055294.
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    33. Computational neuroscience. Science. 1988 Sep 09; 241(4871):1299-306. Sejnowski TJ, Koch C, Churchland PS. PMID: 3045969.
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    34. The significance of neuroscience for philosophy. Trends Neurosci. 1988 Jul; 11(7):304-7. Churchland PS. PMID: 2465633.
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    35. Mind-brain reduction: new light from the philosophy of science. Neuroscience. 1982 May; 7(5):1041-7. Churchland PS. PMID: 7110582.
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