Searching in the wrong place: Might consciousness reside in the brainstem?
The Behavioral and brain sciences March 23, 2022 Marshall Devor, Mary Koukoui, Mark Baron
Doubtless, the conscious brain integrates masses of information. But declaring that consciousness simply "emerges" when enough has accumulated, doesn't really explain how first person experience is implemented by neurons. Moreover, empirical observations challenge integrated information theory's (IIT) reliance on thalamo-cortical interactions as the information integrator. More likely, the...