[HTML][HTML] Conscious processing and the global neuronal workspace hypothesis

GA Mashour, P Roelfsema, JP Changeux, S Dehaene - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
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 …

Consciousness among delta waves: a paradox?

J Frohlich, D Toker, MM Monti - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A common observation in EEG research is that consciousness vanishes with the
appearance of delta (1–4 Hz) waves, particularly when those waves are high amplitude …

Functional geometry of the cortex encodes dimensions of consciousness

Z Huang, GA Mashour, AG Hudetz - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Consciousness is a multidimensional phenomenon, but key dimensions such as awareness
and wakefulness have been described conceptually rather than neurobiologically. We …

[HTML][HTML] Are intrinsic neural timescales related to sensory processing? Evidence from abnormal behavioral states

F Zilio, J Gomez-Pilar, S Cao, J Zhang, D Zang, Z Qi… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
The brain exhibits a complex temporal structure which translates into a hierarchy of distinct
neural timescales. An open question is how these intrinsic timescales are related to sensory …

Anterior insula regulates brain network transitions that gate conscious access

Z Huang, V Tarnal, PE Vlisides, EL Janke… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Conscious access to sensory information is likely gated at an intermediate site between
primary sensory and transmodal association cortices, but the structure responsible remains …

A synergistic workspace for human consciousness revealed by integrated information decomposition

AI Luppi, PAM Mediano, FE Rosas, J Allanson… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
How is the information-processing architecture of the human brain organised, and how does
its organisation support consciousness? Here, we combine network science and a rigorous …

Foundations of human consciousness: imaging the twilight zone

A Scheinin, O Kantonen, M Alkire… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
What happens in the brain when conscious awareness of the surrounding world fades? We
manipulated consciousness in two experiments in a group of healthy males and measured …

Altered global brain signal during physiologic, pharmacologic, and pathologic states of unconsciousness in humans and rats

S Tanabe, Z Huang, J Zhang, Y Chen, S Fogel… - …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Consciousness is supported by integrated brain activity across widespread
functionally segregated networks. The functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Brain network integration dynamics are associated with loss and recovery of consciousness induced by sevoflurane

AI Luppi, D Golkowski, A Ranft, R Ilg… - Human brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamic interplay of integration and segregation in the brain is at the core of leading
theoretical accounts of consciousness. The human brain dynamically alternates between a …

Ongoing brain activity and its role in cognition: dual versus baseline models

G Northoff, D Vatansever, A Scalabrini… - The …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
What is the role of the brain's ongoing activity for cognition? The predominant perspectives
associate ongoing brain activity with resting state, the default-mode network (DMN), and …