A global workspace model for phenomenal and access consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 580-596

  Raffone, Antonino ^a,c   Pantani, Martina ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Conscious access; Consciousness; Feedback; Global workspace; Model; Neural network; Phenomenal consciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLOBAL WORKSPACE MODEL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; THEORY; VISION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951631843     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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