Prof. Georg Northoff
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Ottawa (The University of Ottawa’s Institute for Mental Health Research at The Royal)
Election Year
2021
Academy
Académie des sciences
Georg Northoff is a transdisciplinary scholar and psychiatrist focusing on brain-mind connection in humans and artificial agents. He has developed a unique approach to brain-mind, including a study of their relationship to the world in terms of their temporo-spatial dynamic. Being educated in medicine/psychiatry, philosophy, and neuroscience, he also draws on disciplines such as physics, engineering, and psychology. His work draws global attention in both the West and East alike.
Georg Northoff est un chercheur et psychiatre transdisciplinaire qui se concentre sur la connexion cerveau-esprit chez les humains et les agents artificiels. Il a développé une approche unique du cerveau-esprit, incluant l’étude de leur rapport au monde en termes de leur dynamique temporo-spatiale. Formé en médecine/psychiatrie, philosophie et neurosciences, il s'appuie également sur des disciplines telles que la physique, le génie et la psychologie. Son travail est pertinent aussi bien en Occident qu'en Orient.