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Consciousness and co-consciousness, binding problem and schizophrenia.

¹Centre for Neuropsychiatric Research of Traumatic Stress, and Department of Psychiatry, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. petrbob@netscape.net

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Disruptions in synchronized brain activity, crucial for consciousness, may explain schizophrenia symptoms. These neural communication issues mirror psychological dissociation, impacting self-awareness and stress response.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Cognitive Science

Background:

Synchronized neural activity is considered essential for consciousness.
Schizophrenia is associated with disruptions in feature binding, potentially leading to consciousness disintegration.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the link between disturbances in synchronized neural activity and the mechanism of consciousness.
To investigate how impaired feature binding in schizophrenia relates to psychological dissociative processes.

Main Methods:

The study reviews existing findings on neural communication and consciousness.
It examines the neurophysiological basis of psychological dissociation in schizophrenia.

Main Results:

Disturbances in feature binding are suggested to cause consciousness disintegration in schizophrenia.
These neural deficits correlate with altered self-reflection and externalization of psychic fragments.

Conclusions:

Impaired neural communication in schizophrenia appears to be a neurophysiological correlate of dissociative states.
This breakdown underlies psychological dissociation, stress response, and regulatory dysfunctions.