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'''Models of Consciousness''' are used to illustrate and aid in understanding and explaining distinctive aspects [[Consciousness|consciousness]]. |
'''Models of Consciousness''' are used to illustrate and aid in understanding and explaining distinctive aspects [[Consciousness|consciousness]]. Sometimes the models are labeled 'theories of consciousness'. |
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== Eight-Circuit Model of Consciousness == |
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== Clouding of consciousness == |
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[[Clouding of consciousness]], also known as brain fog or mental fog, is a term used in medicine denoting an abnormality in the regulation of the overall level of consciousness that is mild and less severe than a delirium<ref>Plum and Posner's diagnosis of stupor and coma. Oxford University Press. 2007</ref>. It is part of an overall model where there's regulation of the "overall level" of the consciousness of the brain and aspects responsible for "arousal" or "wakefulness" and awareness of oneself and of the environment<ref>Augusto Caraceni; Luigi Grassi (2011). Delirium: Acute Confusional States in Palliative Medicine. Oxford University Press</ref>. |
[[Clouding of consciousness]], also known as brain fog or mental fog, is a term used in medicine denoting an abnormality in the regulation of the overall level of consciousness that is mild and less severe than a delirium<ref>Plum and Posner's diagnosis of stupor and coma. Oxford University Press. 2007</ref>. It is part of an overall model where there's regulation of the "overall level" of the consciousness of the brain and aspects responsible for "arousal" or "wakefulness" and awareness of oneself and of the environment<ref>Augusto Caraceni; Luigi Grassi (2011). Delirium: Acute Confusional States in Palliative Medicine. Oxford University Press</ref>. |
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== Electromagnetic theories of consciousness == |
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[[Electromagnetic theories of consciousness]] propose that consciousness can be understood as an electromagnetic phenomenon that occurs when a brain produces an electromagnetic field with specific characteristics.<ref>Susan Pockett. The Nature of Consciousness. ISBN 0-595-12215-9.</ref> <ref>Pockett, Susan (2012). "The electromagnetic field theory of consciousness: a testable hypothesis about the characteristics of conscious as opposed to non-conscious fields". Journal of Consciousness Studies. 19 (11-12): 191–223.</ref> Some electromagnetic theories are also quantum mind theories of consciousness; examples include [[quantum brain dynamics]] (QBD).<ref>Mari Jibu; Kunio Yasue. Quantum brain dynamics and consciousness. ISBN 1-55619-183-9.</ref> |
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Models of Consciousness are used to illustrate and aid in understanding and explaining distinctive aspects consciousness. Sometimes the models are labeled 'theories of consciousness'.
Eight-Circuit Model of Consciousness
Timothy Leary introduced[1] and Robert Anton Wilson and Antero Alli elaborated the Eight-circuit model of consciousness as hypothesis that "suggested eight periods [circuits] and twenty-four stages of neurological evolution".
Multiple drafts model
Daniel Dennett proposed a physicalist, information processing based multiple drafts model of consciousness described more fully in his 1991 book, Consciousness Explained.
Dehaene–Changeux model
The Dehaene–Changeux model (DCM), also known as the global neuronal workspace or the global cognitive workspace model is a computer model of the neural correlates of consciousness programmed as a neural network. Stanislas Dehaene and Jean-Pierre Changeux introduced this model in 1986.[2] It is associated with Bernard Baars's Global workspace theory for consciousness.
Clouding of consciousness
Clouding of consciousness, also known as brain fog or mental fog, is a term used in medicine denoting an abnormality in the regulation of the overall level of consciousness that is mild and less severe than a delirium[3]. It is part of an overall model where there's regulation of the "overall level" of the consciousness of the brain and aspects responsible for "arousal" or "wakefulness" and awareness of oneself and of the environment[4].
Electromagnetic theories of consciousness
Electromagnetic theories of consciousness propose that consciousness can be understood as an electromagnetic phenomenon that occurs when a brain produces an electromagnetic field with specific characteristics.[5] [6] Some electromagnetic theories are also quantum mind theories of consciousness; examples include quantum brain dynamics (QBD).[7]
- ^ Leary, T. (1987). Info-Psychology. New Falcon Press, Los Angeles. Page xii
- ^ Dehaene S, Changeux JP. Experimental and theoretical approaches to conscious processing. Neuron. 2011 Apr 28;70(2):200-27.
- ^ Plum and Posner's diagnosis of stupor and coma. Oxford University Press. 2007
- ^ Augusto Caraceni; Luigi Grassi (2011). Delirium: Acute Confusional States in Palliative Medicine. Oxford University Press
- ^ Susan Pockett. The Nature of Consciousness. ISBN 0-595-12215-9.
- ^ Pockett, Susan (2012). "The electromagnetic field theory of consciousness: a testable hypothesis about the characteristics of conscious as opposed to non-conscious fields". Journal of Consciousness Studies. 19 (11-12): 191–223.
- ^ Mari Jibu; Kunio Yasue. Quantum brain dynamics and consciousness. ISBN 1-55619-183-9.