On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > But then it must explain why some types of global signaling are qualitatively different than others, right? > > 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. > Maybe try this? http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-34572462 Best, Telmo. > > 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. > -- 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.
