# Mark Solms **Entity class:** Neuroscientist and neuropsychoanalyst **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **Mark Solms** works at the intersection of neuroscience and neuropsychoanalysis and argues for a foundational role of affect and feeling in consciousness. ## Relationships - **Advisor to:** [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]]. - **Institutional affiliation:** [[wiki/University of Cape Town|University of Cape Town]]. - **Research routes:** [[wiki/Neuropsychoanalysis|neuropsychoanalysis]], [[wiki/Affect|affect]], [[wiki/Valence|valence]], and [[wiki/Interoception|interoception]]. - **Theoretical bridge:** work discussed with [[wiki/Karl Friston|Karl Friston]] connects affective and active-inference questions without establishing a single settled theory of artificial consciousness. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [PRISM — team and advisors](https://www.prism-global.com/)