Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-jswmv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T10:12:33.678Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Corticothalamic necessity, qualia, and consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Sam M. Doesburg and
Lawrence M. Ward
Sam M. Doesburg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. sam@psych.ubc.cahttp://www.psych.ubc.ca/~lward/lward@psych.ubc.cahttp://www.psych.ubc.ca/~lward/
Lawrence M. Ward
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. sam@psych.ubc.cahttp://www.psych.ubc.ca/~lward/lward@psych.ubc.cahttp://www.psych.ubc.ca/~lward/
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

The centrencephalic theory of consciousness cannot yet account for some evidence from both brain damaged and normally functioning humans that strongly implicates thalamocortical activity as essential for consciousness. Moreover, the behavioral indexes used by Merker to implicate consciousness need more development, as, besides being somewhat vague, they lead to some apparent contradictions in the attribution of consciousness.

Information

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007, pp. 90 - 91
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press