Information generation as a functional basis of consciousness.
Neuroscience of Consciousness 2019 Ryota Kanai, Acer Y. C. Chang, Yen Yu et al.
What is the biological advantage of having consciousness? Functions of consciousness have been elusive due to the subjective nature of consciousness and ample empirical evidence showing the presence of many nonconscious cognitive performances in the human brain. Drawing upon empirical literature, here, we propose that a core function of consciousness be the ability to internally generate...