NDLI: Consciousness related neural events viewed as brain state space transitions

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Werner, Gerhard
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	This theoretical and speculative essay addresses a categorical distinction between neural events of sensory-motor cognition and those presumably associated with consciousness. It proposes to view this distinction in the framework of the branch of Statistical Physics currently referred to as Modern Critical Theory (Stanley, Introduction to phase transitions and critical phenomena, 1987; Marro and Dickman, Nonequilibrium phase transitions in lattice, 1999). Based on established landmarks of brain dynamics, network configurations and their role for conveying oscillatory activity of certain frequencies bands, the question is examined: what kind of state space transitions can systems with these properties undergo, and could the relation between neural processes of sensory-motor cognition and those of events in consciousness be of the same category as is characterized by state transitions in non-equilibrium physical systems? Approaches for empirical validation of this view by suitably designed brain imaging studies, and for computational simulations of the proposed principle are discussed.
Starting Page	83
Ending Page	95
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18714080
Journal	Cognitive Neurodynamics
Volume Number	3
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18714099
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2008-04-13
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	State space Consciousness Emergence Neural oscillations Cognition Reductionism Networks Cognitive Psychology Biochemistry Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Computer Science Neurosciences Biomedicine general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cognitive Neuroscience

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