The study demonstrate that the P3b signal may well not be a neural correlate of consciousness, but doesn't contradict my understanding of the global workspace theory (that consciousness is a means for global coordination of the brain).
It just shows that unconscious processing may involve global signalling. But I don't see why GWT implies this is impossible. Does anyone have a copy of the actual article? Unfortunately, it is behind a paywall, and I no longer have any access to paywalled articles. Cheers On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 02:33:05PM -0800, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Apparently well-designed study of conscious/unconscious EEG signals > contradicts global workspace theory of consciousness. > "It seems that brain signals thought to reflect consciousness are > also generated during unconscious activity." > > https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28444-leading-theory-of-consciousness-rocked-by-oddball-study/ > > The paper: > > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945215003287 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
