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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” …

Summary The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) presents a revised operational
classification of seizure types. The purpose of such a revision is to recognize that some …

The integrated information theory (IIT) starts from phenomenology and makes use of thought
experiments to claim that consciousness is integrated information. Specifically:(i) the …

The human brain is a large-scale integrated network in the functional and structural domain.
Graph theoretical analysis provides a novel framework for analysing such complex …

A broad range of evidence regarding the functional organization of the vertebrate brain–
spanning from comparative neurology to experimental psychology and neurophysiology to …

Consciousness is essential to normal human life. In epileptic seizures consciousness is
often transiently lost, which makes it impossible for the individual to experience or respond …

Placing a patient in a state of general anesthesia is crucial for safely and humanely
performing most surgical and many nonsurgical procedures. How anesthetic drugs create …

This review examines recent advances in the study of brain correlates of consciousness.
First, we briefly discuss some useful distinctions between consciousness and other brain …

Conscious perception, like the sight of a coffee cup, seems to involve the brain identifying a
stimulus. But conscious input activates more brain regions than are needed to identify coffee …