Predictive Neuronal Adaptation as a Basis for Consciousness.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 2021 Artur Luczak, Yoshimasa Kubo
Being able to correctly predict the future and to adjust own actions accordingly can offer a great survival advantage. In fact, this could be the main reason why brains evolved. Consciousness, the most mysterious feature of brain activity, also seems to be related to predicting the future and detecting surprise: a mismatch between actual and predicted situation. Similarly at a single neuron...