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The MIT Press eBooks February 3, 2026
Here is a simple argument about consciousness and self-evidencing: if selfevidencing provides the fundamental explanation of what the brain does, and if brain activity gives rise to consciousness, then self-evidencing also explains how consciousness arises.However, this argument does not imply that self-evidencing immediately explains consciousness.Self-evidencing happens in all self-organizing...
Scientific Reports February 3, 2026 Giovanni Granato, Andrea Mattera, Emilio Cartoni et al.
Executive functions rely on goal-directed manipulation of representations, while metacognition reflects the evaluation and control of one’s own representations. Several studies have examined these processes separately, but none formalise the neuro-representational computations underlying their interaction during goal-directed behaviour. This gap prevents comprehensive frameworks and extended...
Consciousness and Cognition February 3, 2026 Chris Percy, Gautam Agarwal
Our aim is to explore neural network mechanisms for phenomenal binding, i.e. combining micro-units of information into the macro-scale conscious experience common in human phenomenology. Such experiential complexity is a key feature that aspiring theories of phenomenal consciousness must account for. We motivate phenomenal binding in a way that aids translation to computational neuroscience,...
Journal of Neurological Sciences and Research. February 2, 2026 Varsha Malani
Combining electrophysiological, imaging and computational results, we propose that the thalamus represents a dynamic nexus from which and to which oscillatory brain rhythms emerge and are tuned for conscious experience.Thus, we present the Gamma-Alpha Cogwheel.Fast gamma (, ~30-90 Hz) rhythms form the foundational structure of sensory experience, while slower alpha (, ~8-12 Hz) oscillations...
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science February 2, 2026 Vadim Saunanen
This paper presents the Cubic Model of Intelligence — a phenomenological and cognitive approach to understanding seven interrelated aspects of the mind: logic,emotion, intuition, memory, ethics, social context, and temporal foresight. The model is derived from observation of internal thinking processes and proposes to view these aspects not as separate functions but as facets of a unified...
Research Square February 2, 2026 Ziv Ben-Zion, Guy Simon, Teddy Lazebnik preprint
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly consulted by individuals for support during psychedelic experiences ("trip sitting"), yet no framework exists to evaluate whether these models can accurately simulate or safely respond to altered states of consciousness. We aimed to determine if LLMs can be induced to generate narratives resembling human psychedelic experiences and to...
Adaptive Behavior February 1, 2026 Keith Frankish
In A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness, Walter Veit sets out a Darwinian framework for understanding consciousness. He distinguishes various dimensions of consciousness, explores their distribution in different species, and traces their roots to an ancient system of hedonic valence, which evolved to solve complex problems of action selection in early animals. This approach...
Journal of Consciousness Studies February 1, 2026 Tam Hunt
Time is the erotic unfolding and re-folding of the universe. This paper presents a metaphysical framework grounded in evolutionary panpsychism and process-relational philosophy that addresses fundamental questions in consciousness studies through a novel synthesis of Whiteheadian metaphysics, Hunt and Schooler’s general resonance theory, and electromagnetic field approaches to consciousness....
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) February 1, 2026 BO Pang preprint
The Problem of Perspectival Ownership: A Philosophical Framework for Conscious Individuality Consciousness research has focused predominantly on the "Hard Problem" of subjective experience, yet a more foundational issue persists: the Problem of Perspectival Ownership. Why does a given stream of experience belong to this particular first-person perspective (“mine”) and not another? This paper...
Adaptive Behavior February 1, 2026 Walter Veit
In this article, I demonstrate the value of the pathological complexity thesis for comparative consciousness research. I discuss how Ristau’s piping plover research illuminates links between life-history complexity and intentionality. How Sinha’s bonnet macaque studies demonstrate how social drivers of pathological complexity predict self-awareness and mindreading capacities. And how Ross’s...