The Radical Plasticity Thesis: How the brain learns to be conscious
Frontiers in Psychology May 22, 2014 Axel eCleeremans
In this paper, I explore the idea that consciousness is something that the brain learns to do rather than an intrinsic property of certain neural states and not others. Starting from the idea that neural activity is inherently unconscious, the question thus becomes: How does the brain learn to be conscious? I suggest that consciousness arises as a result of the brain's continuous attempts at...