What does it mean for consciousness to be multidimensional? A narrative review.
Julie Páleník
Frontiers in Psychology June 20, 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1430262 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Narrative review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Dimensionality Complexity measures Dimensions of consciousness Global state Multidimensional phenomenon Multidimensional properties Structure of consciousness |
| Key findings | The main unresolved issues in the multidimensional study of consciousness are dimension selection, dimension aggregation, and ethical considerations. |
Abstract
A recent development in the psychological and neuroscientific study of consciousness has been the tendency to conceptualize consciousness as a multidimensional phenomenon. This narrative review elucidates the notion of dimensionality of consciousness and outlines the key concepts and disagreements on this topic through the viewpoints of several theoretical proposals. The reviewed literature is critically evaluated, and the main issues to be resolved by future theoretical and empirical work are identified: the problems of dimension selection and dimension aggregation, as well as some ethical considerations. This narrative review is seemingly the first to comprehensively overview this specific aspect of consciousness science.
Citations in the library
Cites 52
- An information integration theory of consciousness BMC Neuroscience November 2, 2004
- A Theoretically Based Index of Consciousness Independent of Sensory Processing and Behavior Science Translational Medicine August 14, 2013
- Active interoceptive inference and the emotional brain Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences October 11, 2016
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale (OAV) PLoS One August 31, 2010
- Are the Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the Front or in the Back of the Cerebral Cortex? Clinical and Neuroimaging Evidence Journal of Neuroscience October 4, 2017
and 47 more in the library