The global neuronal workspace (GNW) hypothesis attempts to account for the main scientific pillars of conscious processing.

Evidence

Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal Workspace Hypothesis (PMC/NIH)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64; Conscious experience in humans depends on brain activity, so neuroscience will contribute to explaining consciousness. — The Neuroscience of Consciousness; Orch OR is a controversial theory postulating that consciousness originates at the quantum level inside neurons. — Orchestrated objective reduction (+1 more)