The Default Space Theory (DST) of consciousness claims that consciousness arises from bioelectric oscillations across brain and body which become time-locked to form an internal three-dimensionalized “default space” which continuously simulates external reality. Within this frame, we assert that fast rhythms created corticothalamically with the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) can become...
The Default Space Theory (DST) of consciousness holds that conscious experience arises from synchronized physiological and neural oscillations that construct an internal three-dimensional “default space” approximating the body’s position in the external world. This paper is a conjectural extension of DST to spatial orientation and postural balance. We propose that fast gamma-band oscillations...
Combining electrophysiological, imaging and computational results, we propose that the thalamus represents a dynamic nexus from which and to which oscillatory brain rhythms emerge and are tuned for conscious experience.Thus, we present the Gamma-Alpha Cogwheel.Fast gamma (, ~30-90 Hz) rhythms form the foundational structure of sensory experience, while slower alpha (, ~8-12 Hz) oscillations...
Neurological disorders stem from an intermingled change to self-in-space. While many of these disorders present as spatial deficits-contralateral neglect syndrome, for example-they manifest from the same etiology: disruption to the brain's "default spatial representation" (DSR). DSR is a basic internally generated representation of space that delineates where the self is located in...