Difference between revisions of "Consciousness"
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
== Conscious mechanism == | == Conscious mechanism == | ||
| + | Some publications talk about a brain ''mechanism'' being conscious or not. This may be taken to implicitly refer to the [[neural correlates of consciousness]] (NCC), where a mechanism "is conscious" if it is part of the NCC. | ||
== Phenomenal consciousness == | == Phenomenal consciousness == | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 15 June 2020
This page lists the various uses of the term "consciousness" one encounters in the scientific study of consciousness. The list is not exhaustive and various connotations might overlap in their meaning or reference.
Contents
Conscious perception of a stimulus
In many neuroscientific studies, the term consciousness is understood as referring to the conscious perception (or not) of a particular stimulus. Typical examples are visual masking experiments. Arguably, this conception of consciousness underlies global neuronal workspace theory and its prediction of conscious "ignition", a sudden, late and sustained firing in GNW neurons should a stimulus be perceived consciously.[1]
Conscious mechanism
Some publications talk about a brain mechanism being conscious or not. This may be taken to implicitly refer to the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC), where a mechanism "is conscious" if it is part of the NCC.
Phenomenal consciousness
General
Chalmers definition
Access consciousness
Conscious and unconscious processing
Qualia
Level of consciousness
References
- ↑ Dehaene, Stanislas, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Lionel Naccache. "The global neuronal workspace model of conscious access: from neuronal architectures to clinical applications." Characterizing consciousness: From cognition to the clinic?. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011. 55-84.
