Journal
NEURAL NETWORKS
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 14-15Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2009.08.004
Keywords
Neural correlate of consciousness (NCC); Consciousness; Olfactory system; Awareness; Subjective experience; Sentience; Mind-body problem
Funding
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH060767-10] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH060767] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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There is a consensus that consciousness is constituted by only a Subset of all neuroanatomical regions and processes, but no agreement exists regarding which particular subset(s) constitutes it. We propose that a consensus will be reached if investigators (a) pool their knowledge regarding the regions whose non-participation does not in principle render the nervous system devoid of consciousness (e.g., the cerebellum, amygdalae, hippocampi, hemispheric commissures, 'pre-cortical' thalamus, and vast regions of the cortex), and (b) focus on the long-overlooked olfactory system. This 'brutally reductionistic' approach may isolate the physical basis of consciousness; even its falsification would help to illuminate this enigma. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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