A unified 3D default space consciousness model combining neurological and physiological processes that underlie conscious experience

Frontiers in Psychology

Ravinder Jerath¹ 

关键词: consciousness;    3D default space;    sensory memory space;    global workspace theory;    integrated information theory;    thalamus;    corticothalamic feedback loops;    meditation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01204

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Global Workspace Theory and Information Integration Theory are two of the most currently accepted consciousness models; however, these models do not address many aspects of conscious experience. We compare these models to our previously proposed consciousness model in which the thalamus fills-in processed sensory information from corticothalamic feedback loops within a proposed 3D default space, resulting in the recreation of the internal and external worlds within the mind. This 3D default space is composed of all cells of the body, which communicate via gap junctions and electrical potentials to create this unified space. We use 3D illustrations to explain how both visual and non-visual sensory information may be filled-in within this dynamic space, creating a unified seamless conscious experience. This neural sensory memory space is likely generated by baseline neural oscillatory activity from the default mode network, other salient networks, brainstem, and reticular activating system.

【 授权许可】

CC BY