The Neural Correlates of Access Consciousness and Phenomenal Consciousness Seem to Coincide and Would Correspond to a Memory Center, an Activation Center and Eight Parallel Convergence Centers.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2021 Giancarlo Frigato 9 citations
A growing number of authors argue that the neural correlates of consciousness have no selective or executive function; instead, attention unconsciously selects contents for consciousness, which then formats them for high-level processors like working memory and language. Dehaene locates the correlates of access consciousness in a widespread fronto-parieto-temporal network, while Tononi places phenomenal consciousness in a posterior temporo-parietal hot zone. Close examination of their work suggests these correlates coincide, making the two consciousnesses two aspects of a single consciousness with both cognitive and subjective contents.