Consciousness State Transitions: A Dual-Mode Framework for Shared and Individuated Awareness
March 3, 2026 Lubna Samara
Consciousness is expressed across a spectrum of states, from shared sensory reality to deeply individuated, internally oriented experience. This paper develops a hypothesis for how consciousness may operate across this continuum. The central proposal is that beta and alpha oscillations support externally focused, intersubjective awareness through classical neural networks, whereas theta, delta,...