Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity.

ABSTRACT: There is such a vast proliferation of scientific theories of consciousness that it is worrying some scholars. There are even competitions to test different theories, and the results are inconclusive. Consciousness research, far from converging toward a unifying framework, is becoming more discordant than ever, especially with respect to theoretical elements that do not have a clear neurobiological basis. Rather than dueling theories, an integration across theories is needed to facilitate a comprehensive view on consciousness and on how normal nervous system dynamics can develop into pathological states. In dealing with what is considered an extremely complex matter, we try to adopt a perspective from which the subject appears in relative simplicity. Grounded in experimental and theoretical

SUBMITTER: Perez Velazquez JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11317472 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature