# Megan Peters **Entity class:** Cognitive neuroscientist and program director **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **Megan Peters** studies metacognition and empirical methods for evaluating consciousness. She is scientific director of the 2026 AI Sentience Scholars program. ## Relationships - **Advisor to:** [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]]. - **Scientific director:** [[wiki/AI Sentience Scholars|AI Sentience Scholars]]. - **Institutional affiliations:** [[wiki/University of California Irvine|University of California, Irvine]], [[wiki/University College London|UCL]], [[wiki/Neuromatch|Neuromatch]], and [[wiki/CIFAR|CIFAR]], as listed by the program. - **Research routes:** [[wiki/Metacognition|metacognition]], [[wiki/Consciousness Detection|consciousness detection]], and [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|consciousness indicators]]. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [Neuromatch — AI Sentience Scholars](https://neuromatch.io/ai-sentience-scholars/) - [PRISM — team and advisors](https://www.prism-global.com/)