Neuroscience of Consciousness
Neural correlates, Global Workspace Theory, Integrated Information Theory, predictive processing, and the brain mechanisms underlying awareness.
The neuroscience of consciousness seeks to identify the neural mechanisms that give rise to conscious experience. From the microscopic level of neural synchrony to the macroscopic level of large-scale brain networks, researchers are mapping the physical substrate of awareness.
Key subtopics: NCC, GWT/GNW, IIT, Predictive Processing, Free Energy Principle, Recurrent Processing Theory, Attention Schema Theory, Default Mode Network, Thalamocortical Loops, Neural Synchrony
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A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness
Consciousness functions as a "global workspace" — unconscious specialized processors compete for access; the winners broadcast their content globally, making it conscious. Theatre metaphor: bright …
A Default Mode of Brain Function
Identified a set of brain regions (mPFC, PCC/precuneus, angular gyri, MTL) consistently more active during passive rest than during task performance. This "default mode" correlates with …
An Information Integration Theory of Consciousness
Derives five phenomenological axioms (consciousness is real, structured, specific, unitary, definite) and corresponding physical postulates. Consciousness = integrated information (Φ). IIT-3.0 (2016) …
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
"Controlled hallucination" framework: perception is the brain's best controlled hallucination, constrained by sensory data. Consciousness is the experience of being a self — a perception constructed …
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