by Bernard J. Baars | Jan 6, 2019 | Cortex and Consciousness
The cover image of my updated works On Consciousness: Science & Subjectivity shows five cortico-thalamic projection systems, each one operating in similar ways, and each one projecting to different regions of cortex. Steriade (2006) has emphasized that 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...
