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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Common sense suggests consciousness is singular ('one me').
  • Major consciousness theories (Integrated Information, Global Workspace, Recurrent Processing) lack clarity on this 'singularity' aspect.
  • Neuropsychological disorders are often viewed as awareness impairments without addressing the singularity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Re-examine theoretical implications of conscious awareness impairments.
  • Propose a new conceptualization of consciousness of singularity.
  • Investigate the emergence of subjective 'Me-ness'.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical review of consciousness theories and neuropsychological disorders.
  • Analysis of how environmental response constraints shape singularity awareness.
  • Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in a split-brain patient.

Main Results:

  • Subjective singularity can coexist with disunified conscious experiences.
  • Environmental response constraints may be key to singularity awareness.
  • Split-brain patient data shows substantial inter-hemispheric activation coherence, suggesting intact resting-state networks.

Conclusions:

  • Consciousness may involve separate systems generating distributed awareness.
  • The sense of singularity ('Me-ness') emerges from world-interaction and response-planning.
  • This interaction leads to coherent activation across cortical functional networks.