Michael A Arbib

Co-evolution of human consciousness and language (revisited).

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience June 2014 Michael A Arbib

This article discusses the view that human consciousness may share aspects of "animal awareness" with other species, but has its unique form because humans possess language. Two ingredients of a theory of the evolution of human consciousness are offered: the view that a précis of intended activity is necessarily formed in the brain of a human that communicates in a human way; and the notion...