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Computational correlates of consciousness.

Axel Cleeremans1

  • 1Cognitive Science Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles CP 191, Avenue F.-D. Roosevelt, 50 1050 Brussels, Belgium. axcleer@ulb.ac.be

Progress in Brain Research
|September 28, 2005
PubMed
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Researchers explore computational correlates of consciousness by contrasting conscious and unconscious information processing models. This approach aims to understand consciousness

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Numerous proposals define consciousness by its computational correlates, focusing on information processing differences between conscious and unconscious states.
  • Computational correlates include architectural specialization, representational properties (stability, strength), and process characteristics (resonance, synchrony, integration).
  • The search for computational correlates parallels the search for neural correlates of consciousness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review developments in computational correlates of consciousness.
  • To illustrate the utility of computational modeling in identifying principles differentiating conscious and unconscious cognition.
  • To propose that consciousness facilitates flexible, adaptive behavioral control.

Main Methods:

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  • Reviewing existing literature on computational correlates of consciousness.
  • Contrasting computational models of conscious versus unconscious information processing.
  • Utilizing computational modeling of specific cognitive processes.

Main Results:

  • Computational modeling aids in formulating principles that capture differences between conscious and unconscious cognition.
  • Understanding the function and mechanisms of consciousness is achievable through computational approaches.
  • Consciousness is proposed to enable flexible, adaptive control over behavior.

Conclusions:

  • Consciousness is characterized by a graded continuum of representational quality, linked to cognitive control.
  • Systems of meta-representations are implied in conscious processing.
  • Computational approaches offer valuable insights into the functional and mechanistic aspects of consciousness.