Consciousness might help to mobilize and integrate brain functions that are otherwise
separate and independent. Evidence for this 'conscious access hypothesis' was described …

This introductory chapter attempts to clarify the philosophical, empirical, and theoretical
bases on which a cognitive neuroscience approach to consciousness can be founded. We …

Summary Global Workspace Theory (GWT) can be compared to a theater of mind, in which
conscious contents resemble a bright spot on the stage of immediate memory, selected by a …

Can we make progress exploring consciousness? Or is it forever beyond human reach? In
science we never know the ultimate outcome of the journey. We can only take whatever …

Much of the nervous system can be viewed as a massively parallel, distributed system of
highly specialized but unconscious processors. Conscious experience on the other hand is …

Is there consciousness in machines? Or in animals? What happens to consciousness when
we are asleep, or in vegetative state? These are just a few examples of the many questions …

Abstract 'What'do we call consciousness?'When'and 'Where'in the brain do conscious states
occur, and 'How'conscious processing and conscious access to a given content work? In the …

Recent years have seen a blossoming of theories about the biological and physical basis of
consciousness. Good theories guide empirical research, allowing us to interpret data …

A recent, and quite remarkable, special issue of the academic journal Cognition (79 (1-2),
2001)) summarizes much contemporary Western scientific work on consciousness in …

Global workspace (GW) theory emerged from the cognitive architecture tradition in cognitive
science. Newell and co-workers were the first to show the utility of a GW or “blackboard” …