Neural Correlates of Consciousness

Overview

Journal Ann N Y Acad Sci

Specialty Science

Date 2013 Sep 3

PMID 23991638

Citations 10

Authors

Geraint Rees

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Abstract

Jon Driver's scientific work was characterized by an innovative combination of new methods for studying mental processes in the human brain in an integrative manner. In our collaborative work, he applied this approach to the study of attention and awareness, and their relationship to neural activity in the human brain. Here I review Jon's scientific work that relates to the neural basis of human consciousness, relating our collaborative work to a broader scientific context. I seek to show how his insights led to a deeper understanding of the causal connections between distant brain structures that are now believed to characterize the neural underpinnings of human consciousness.

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