两种意识神经相关活动

神经科学家一直在努力寻找意识的神经相关活动。本文提出了一个包含两种意识神经相关活动的理论框架。觉性意识是主观的经验和感觉。而评估性意识则是认知系统中普遍存在的信息,可以用来进行推理、演讲和高级行为控制。通过信号检测理论可以对觉性意识和评估性意识的神经相关活动进行区分。认知神经科学领域的最新发现为两种意识神经相关活动理论提供了证据支持。

Two Neural Correlates of Consciousness

Neuroscientists continue to search for 'the' neural correlate of consciousness (NCC). In this article, I argue that a framework in which there are at least two distinct NCCs is increasingly making more sense of empirical results than one in which there is a single NCC. I outline the distinction between phenomenal NCC and access NCC, and show how they can be distinguished by experimental approaches, in particular signal-detection theory approaches. Recent findings in cognitive neuroscience provide an empirical case for two different NCCs.