Autoren:	Schwiedrzik, Caspar M.
Titel:	What’s up with prefrontal cortex? : A commentary on John-Dylan Haynes
Online-Publikationsdatum:	29-Nov-2016
Erscheinungsdatum:	2015
Sprache des Dokuments:	Englisch
Zusammenfassung/Abstract:	The prefrontal cortex is perhaps one of the most intriguing areas of the brain, and considered by many to be involved in a whole battery of higher cognitive functions. However, evidence for a direct involvement in conscious perception, although often postulated, remains inconclusive. In his paper, John-Dylan Haynes presents results from experiments using multivariate decoding techniques on human functional magnetic resonance imaging data that speak against the assertion that prefrontal cortex broadcasts the contents of consciousness throughout the brain. I consider potential reasons for these null results, as well as where else we may look for the neural correlates of consciousness. Specifically, I propose that conscious perception arises when distributed neurons are bound into coherent assemblies —a process that does not require relay through specific brain areas.
DDC-Sachgruppe:	100 Philosophie 100 Philosophy
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Organisationseinheit:	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie
Veröffentlichungsort:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-147
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-552978
Version:	Published version
Publikationstyp:	Buchbeitrag
Nutzungsrechte:	Urheberrechtsschutz
Informationen zu den Nutzungsrechten:	https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Quelle:	Open MIND Metzinger, Thomas
Seitenzahl oder Artikelnummer:	Kap. 17(C)
Verlag:	MIND Group
Verlagsort:	Frankfurt am Main
Erscheinungsdatum:	2015
URL der Originalveröffentlichung:	http://dx.doi.org/10.15502/9783958570412
DOI der Originalveröffentlichung:	10.15502/9783958570412
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:	JGU-Publikationen