Broadcast and the network
Oxford University Press eBooks June 24, 2010 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226559.003.0005 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that Global Workspace Theory explains how broadcasts and competition among parallel specialists foster integration among segregated brain processes, influencing consciousness and cognition. |
Abstract
The Global Workspace Theory of Bernard Baars proposes that an individual's cognitive architecture hosts both the conscious and the unconscious but the conscious thoughts are generally given more acknowledgment. Nevertheless, the processes in the cognitive architecture are transmitted through a series of episodes of broadcasts wherein the information contained in the global workspace are disseminated among the whole cohort of parallel specialists and upon the receipt of information, the parallel specialists will compete with each other in an attempt to exclude their rivals. This chapter discusses the central tenets of the Global Workspace Theory and explores how broadcasts and competition foster integration among segregated brain processes. This chapter also goes on to explore how the network of cognitive architecture influences an individual's consciousness and cognition.