Towards a hybrid approach to unveil the Chimaira of neurosciences: philosophy, aperiodic activity and the neural correlates of consciousness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Human Neuroscience

Tom Stoneham¹  Aristea I. Ladas²  Triantafyllos Gravalas²  Christos A. Frantzidis³ 

[1] Department of Philosophy, University of York, York, United Kingdom;Department of Psychology, CITY College, University of York Europe Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece;School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom;Laboratory of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace Neuroscience (BEAN), Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;

关键词: consciousness;    neural correlates;    relational;    aperiodic activity;    philosophy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnhum.2023.1245868

 received in 2023-06-23, accepted in 2023-10-02,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Contemporary theories of consciousness, although very efficient in postulating testable hypotheses, seem to either neglect its relational aspect or to have a profound difficulty in operationalizing this aspect in a measurable manner. We further argue that the analysis of periodic brain activity is inadequate to reveal consciousness’s subjective facet. This creates an important epistemic gap in the quest for the neural correlates of consciousness. We suggest a possible solution to bridge this gap, by analysing aperiodic brain activity. We further argue for the imperative need to inform neuroscientific theories of consciousness with relevant philosophical endeavours, in an effort to define, and therefore operationalise, consciousness thoroughly.

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