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Scientific Understanding of Consciousness |
Consciousness Subject OutlineWhat is Consciousness?Synopsis of My Understanding of ConsciousnessIntroduction to an Understanding of ConsciousnessCovington Theory of ConsciousnessConsciousnessConsciousness an Emergent Property of Biological NetworkCore ConsciousnessHuman-type ConsciousnessSense of SelfWorking MemoryDynamic CoreAttentionThree Topological NetworksThalamocortical SystemParallel PathwaysNeuromodulatory SystemsThalamocortical SystemCortexThalamusOscillation, SynchronizationReentry, RecursionParallel Pathways Link Cortex To Subcortical AppendagesCerebellumBasal GangliaHippocampusNeuromodulatory SystemsAcetylcholine Neuromodulatory SystemNoradrenergic Neuromodulatory SystemSerotonergic Neuromodulatory SystemDopaminergic Neuromodulatory SystemEmotionLimbic SystemAmygdala involved in FearMusic and Emotion Movement and DancingCognitionReentry, RecursionBayesian InferenceMotivationNucleus AccumbensPain and Pleasure SystemsMovementFAPs Fixed Action PatternsBasal GangliaCerebellumMotor CortexPremotor CortexNeuronal NetworkHebbian Assembly -- Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)Stochastic Nature of Neuronal BehaviorPopulations of Neural ActivityDendritic Spines and MemoriesPlasticity of Neural ConnectionsReentry and RecursionPerceptionGestalts and ConsciousnessGestalt LawsPerception, Memory, ConsciousnessPerceptual CategorizationSensory PathwaysMemoryPlasticity of SynapsesHippocampusDeclarative MemoryProcedural MemoryLanguageBroca AreaWernicke AreaIntelligenceMultiple kinds of IntelligenceSleep and DreamingMemory ConsolidationComplexity, Self-Organization, EmergenceUnconscious SystemsExample: Basal Ganglia and FAPsExample: Visual subconscious reaction via superior colliculusBrain Stem Many ancient nuclei essential for life supportEmbryonic and Postnatal DevelopmentBoth Genetics AND EnvironmentSynaptic Plasticity Modified by ExperiencePrenatal neural developmentInfancy, Childhood, AdolescenceEvolution of BrainReptile, Mammal, Non-Human Primate, HumanBrain AnatomyModularity of BrainBrodmann AreasNeuronsSynapsesNeurotransmittersAbnormal function of BrainModeling Brain FunctionalityBrain is extremely complex; computer simulation provides insight and understanding______________________________________________________________________________Index of TopicsSidebar DiscussionsFurther discussion of selected topicsMajor Concepts of ConsciousnessEsoteric Terms and ConceptsBook References ParaphrasesFrom more than 60 reference books, I show nearly 10,000 paraphrase extractsBook References ListIncludes links to Amazon.com descriptions and reader commentary for each of the book references
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