by Bernard J. Baars | Oct 16, 2019 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, mindbrain
While conscious experience has been discussed throughout history, the late 19th century saw a rise in physicalistic reductionism, which, in its more extreme forms, declared “consciousness” and kindred terms to be unscientific. In the 1920s B.F. Skinner defined the...
by Bernard J. Baars | Jan 5, 2019 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, mindbrain, Unconscious Processes
An invitation to understand the mindbrain Cortex is the organ of mind. The double-decker cortex, both the outer neocortex and the inner paleocortex, were proposed to be the “organ of mind,” as pioneering neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield wrote, based on 1,200 open...
