Temporo-spatial theory of consciousness - Bridging the gap between neuronal and phenomenal activity

. Семинар “МОЗГ“ Института перспективных исследований мозга МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова. Цикл «Сознание: возможности исследования». Руководитель семинара - академик К.В. Анохин. Доклад профессора Университета Оттавы Георга Нортхоффа.“Temporo-spatial theory of consciousness - Bridging the gap between neuronal and phenomenal activity“. Georg Northoff. The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Canada. Summary; Consciousness and its neural basis in the brain remain a mystery. Most current theories highlight the special nature of neural mechanisms yielding consciousness. In contrast, I suppose that some of the most fundamental non-special features of the brain’s neural activity, namely its own intrinsic spatial topography and temporal dynamic, are key in yielding consciousness. This is the core of the Temporo-spatial Theory of Consciousness (TTC) whose four empirical mechanisms, temporo-spatial nestedness, alignment, expansion and globaliza