Neurodynamics and Phenomenology in Mutual Enlightenment: The Example of the Epileptic Aura
The MIT Press eBooks November 24, 2010 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262014601.003.0010 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Citations | 8 |
| Key findings | Argues that a "neurophenomenological circulation" framework, supported by large-scale brain imaging and mathematical analysis of neuronal signals, can link conscious experience to its biological roots, and reviews epilepsy work emphasizing the interdependence of neurodynamic and phenodynamic structures at seizure onset (the epileptic aura). |
Abstract
This chapter focuses on a main outstanding problem faced by the cognitive sciences—understanding how ongoing conscious experience is related to its biological and physical roots. Providing an essential experimental framework for the research into consciousness, the recent development of large-scale brain imaging techniques such as electroencephalography and the progress made in mathematical analysis of neuronal signals have been a boon to the scientific community. Based on a new neurophenomenological circulation, some of the ongoing work concerning epilepsy is reviewed here. Special attention is paid to interdependence of neurodynamic and phenodynamic structures associated with the beginning of an epileptic seizure—the so-called epileptic aura.
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Citations in the library
Cites 7
- Guiding the study of brain dynamics by using first-person data: Synchrony patterns correlate with ongoing conscious states during a simple visual task Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences January 22, 2002
- From autopoiesis to neurophenomenology: Francisco Varela's exploration of the biophysics of being. Biological research 2003
- Describing one’s subjective experience in the second person: An interview method for the science of consciousness November 29, 2006
- A framework for consciousness Nature Neuroscience February 1, 2003
- The conscious access hypothesis: origins and recent evidence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2002
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