Joel Frohlich
Postdoctoral Neuroscientist, University of Tübingen, Germany
Joel Frohlich is a neuroscientist studying fetal development at the University of Tübingen fMEG Center in Germany, focusing on the origins of consciousness and complexity in the developing brain. His work has appeared in The Atlantic and Nautilus, and he writes a Substack newsletter called Something It’s Like.
Written by Joel Frohlich
essayNeuroscience
Frames of consciousness
Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on? What a new consciousness-detector reveals
Joel Frohlich
ideaSleep and dreams
Down with the larks: on the virtues of sleeping like a sloth
Joel Frohlich
essayHistory of science
Life in hollow Earth
Is Earth inside the Universe, or vice versa? Since we can grasp only a model of reality, how do we know what’s real?
Joel Frohlich
ideaPhysics
Why we can stop worrying and love the particle accelerator
Joel Frohlich
ideaNeuroscience
How the cute Pikachu is a chocolate milkshake for the brain
Joel Frohlich
ideaNeuroscience
The fugue of life: why complexity matters in neuroscience
Joel Frohlich