We review the central tenets and neuroanatomical basis of the global neuronal workspace
(GNW) hypothesis, which attempts to account for the main scientific observations regarding …

Recent breakthroughs in neurobiology indicate that the time is ripe to understand how
cellular-level mechanisms are related to conscious experience. Here, we highlight the …

Various theories for the neural basis of consciousness have been proposed, suggesting a
diversity of neural signs and mechanisms. We ask to what extent this diversity is real, or …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

The notion of a level of consciousness is a key construct in the science of consciousness.
Not only is the term employed to describe the global states of consciousness that are …

Time and space are the basic building blocks of nature. As a unique existent in nature, our
brain exists in time and takes up space. The brain's activity itself also constitutes and …

The first decade of event-related potential (ERP) research had established that the most
consistent correlates of the onset of visual consciousness are the early visual awareness …

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an
illusion? Am I conscious now? Now considered the'last great mystery of science' …

One fundamental feature of consciousness is that the contents of consciousness depend on
the state of consciousness. Here, we propose an answer to why this is so: both the state and …

Conscious access to sensory information is likely gated at an intermediate site between
primary sensory and transmodal association cortices, but the structure responsible remains …