The zombie within
Article Abstract:
Direct conscious input is not required for a range of complex but routine tasks in many mammalian brain systems. This unconscious, or zombie, behaviour involves parts of the brain that can be characterized as online systems. These systems act rapidly, outpacing consciousness.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Cortical areas in visual awareness
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Two scientists have proposed that visual perception involving the V1 area of the cortex does not produce visual awareness as shown by people who respond to visual cues that they do not consciously see. However, this hypothesis is unproved and would be too complex to prove, though an experiment to disprove the hypothesis would require only that some V1 neurons fire in conjunction with higher cortical areas when visually stimulated.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Constraints on cortical and thalamic projections: The no-strong-loops hypothesis
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The macaque cerebral cortex has several visual areas which have been arranged in a rough hierarchy by Felleman and Van Essen. It is now suggested that links between cortical areas do not form strong, directed loops. It is predicted that some types of link will not be found and that if strong, directed loops did exist, the cortex could undergo uncontrolled oscillations.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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