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Electromagnetism's Bridge Across the Explanatory Gap: How a Neuroscience/Physics Collaboration Delivers Explanation Into All Theories of Consciousness.

Colin G. Hales, Marissa Ericson

Front Hum Neurosci June 16, 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.836046 (opens in new tab) via PubMed Central

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A collaboration between neuroscience and physics uses electromagnetism to bridge the explanatory gap in theories of consciousness. The work argues that electromagnetic fields provide a physical mechanism linking neural activity to conscious experience, offering a unified explanation that can be integrated into all major theories of consciousness. This approach delivers a concrete, testable framework for understanding how subjective experience arises from objective brain processes, potentially resolving long-standing philosophical and scientific debates about the nature of consciousness.

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Citations 47
Key finding Proposes that electromagnetism serves as a bridge between neuroscience and physics to explain consciousness, addressing the explanatory gap in theories of consciousness.

Abstract

Electromagnetism's Bridge Across the Explanatory Gap: How a Neuroscience/Physics Collaboration Delivers Explanation Into All Theories of Consciousness.

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