Reposted by Krisztina Jedlovszky
The neuroscience of consciousness often feels like imperialist geography; theories laying claim a universally privileged terrain in the brain, as the seat of subjective experience.
We provide evidence from >500 neuroimaging studies for a distributed, decentred, and context-sensitive alternative:
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What is it like to be a blob? A distributed, decentred and context-sensitive neurobiology of consciousness
Consciousness is often studied by asking whether particular brain regions or systems are privileged. We tested a distributed, decentred and context-sensitive alternative using 579 consciousness-focuse...
