Modelling developments in consciousness within a multidimensional framework.
Neuroscience of consciousness January 1, 2024 Mads Jørgensen Hansen 1 citation
A multidimensional framework for studying consciousness has recently been introduced, allowing finer distinctions among global states such as psychedelic states, disorders of consciousness, and animal consciousness. This paper expands the model by adding temporal profiles, which capture how consciousness changes over an organism's life cycle and how disorders of consciousness progress over time. The expansion enables new comparisons across developmental stages and across species, and it highlights the need for greater attention to fluctuations in patients with disorders of consciousness.