Neurobiology of Consciousness: Current Research and Perspectives

Beata Płonka

doi:10.1515/sh-2015-0023

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Neurobiology of Consciousness: Current Research and Perspectives

Studia Humana

Volume 4 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)

By: Beata Płonka

Open Access

|Feb 2016

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Abstract

Scientific, objective approach to consciousness has allowed to obtain some experimental data concerning brain activity, ignoring, however, the longstanding philosophical tradition. Spectacular development of neuroscience which has been observed recently made this dissonance particularly noticeable. The paper addresses the main problems of discrepancy between neurobiological research and philosophical perspective. Current opinions concerning neural correlates and models of consciousness are discussed, as well as the problems of working memory, attention, self, and disorders of consciousness. A new neurobiological approach to describe brain function in terms of brain connectivity (so-called connectome) is also presented. Finally, the need to introduce at least some aspects of philosophical approach directly into neurobiological research of consciousness is postulated.

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