3 papers in the library · 7 citations · publishing 2019-2023
February 7, 2023 Jaan Aru, Talis Bachmann, Mototaka Suzuki et al. 7 citations preprint
This primer aims to provide a concise description of the Dendritic Integration Theory (DIT) of consciousness. We consider the motivation for DIT, the evidence for it, and how it fits with other theories of consciousness.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences October 2020 Jaan Aru, Mototaka Suzuki, Matthew E Larkum
Recent breakthroughs in neurobiology indicate that the time is ripe to understand how cellular-level mechanisms are related to conscious experience. Here, we highlight the biophysical properties of pyramidal cells, which allow them to act as gates that control the evolution of global activation patterns. In conscious states, this cellular mechanism enables complex sustained dynamics within the...
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience August 30, 2019 Jaan Aru, Mototaka Suzuki, Renate Rutiku et al.
One fundamental feature of consciousness is that the contents of consciousness depend on the state of consciousness. Here, we propose an answer to why this is so: both the state and the contents of consciousness depend on the activity of cortical layer 5 pyramidal (L5p) neurons. These neurons affect both cortical and thalamic processing, hence coupling the cortico-cortical and thalamo-cortical...