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Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness

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Neuroscience Global Neuronal Workspace Theory

By Stanislas Dehaene and Lionel Naccache

Summary

Neural implementation of GWT: conscious access = "ignition" of long-range pyramidal neurons in prefrontal, parietal, and anterior cingulate cortices, producing sustained synchronized firing. Unconscious stimuli produce only local, transient activity.

Why It Matters

The most experimentally tested theory of consciousness. Dehaene's masking and no-report paradigms provided direct neural signatures.

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