Victor Lamme - neural stance on consciousness

Question 1

Neural Correlate of Consciousness (NCC)

Answer 1

Neural activity associated with conscious experience.

Question 2

Experiment: Split-brain patients

Answer 2

Can perform tasks without conscious awareness due to hemispheric disconnection.

Question 3

Feedforward Sweep

Answer 3

Rapid transmission of visual information through cortex towards motor areas for potential response.

Question 4

Recurrent Processing

Answer 4

Facilitates exchange of information between higher and lower areas via horizontal and feedback connections.

Question 5

Inattentional Blindness (IB)

Answer 5

Subjects do not remember stimuli presented outside their focus of attention.

Question 6

Phenomenal (P-) consciousness

Answer 6

Debate around whether certain experiences can be regarded as conscious.

Question 7

Integrated Information Theory (IIT)

Answer 7

Defines consciousness as the capacity of a system to integrate information.

Question 8

Private Access

Answer 8

Consciousness is synonymous with personal, subjective experience.

Question 9

Neural Stance on Consciousness

Answer 9

Viewing consciousness as fundamentally linked to neural processing, offering potential solutions to longstanding issues in consciousness research.