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Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Progress and Problems

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Neuroscience NCC reviewPosterior hot zone

By Christof Koch, Marcello Massimini, Melanie Boly, and Giulio Tononi

Summary

Comprehensive review shifting the NCC field toward the "posterior hot zone" (precuneus, PCC, TPJ, lateral occipital) as content-specific NCC, with prefrontal activity being more related to report than consciousness itself.

Why It Matters

Key paper in the PFC vs. Posterior Hot Zone debate. Represents a significant theoretical shift.

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