2 papers in the library · publishing 2026
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 19, 2026 M. Mustafa Akdemir
This paper proposes that free will is not the phenomenology of choosing but the capacity of prefrontal signal amplitude to win gate competition against impulse, habit, and biological drive. Building on the TRN gating framework, it reframes the Libet experiment as locating agency in the veto rather than eliminating it, explains meaning as the highest amplitude prefrontal signal available, and...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 18, 2026 M. Mustafa Akdemir
This paper proposes that consciousness is the binary gating function of the thalamic reticular nucleus — the structure that decides which signal coalition becomes conscious reality by suppressing relay nuclei carrying weaker coalitions through GABAergic inhibitory projections. Experience belongs to specialized neural tools. Consciousness is what decides which tool gets heard. The framework...