NAVIGATION, CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BODY/MIND »PROBLEM«*)

Authors

  • Rodney M.J. Cotterill

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v18i2.133319

Keywords:

Consciousness,, veto, mechanism, muscular movements, body/mind problem

Abstract

Exploitation of an unconscious veto mechanism, mediated by a specific cortical circuit, and made possible by an adequate very-short-term memory span, paradoxically requires conscious awareness. Part of the same circuit, interacting with other brain components, permits internal simulations of the body's interactions with the environment, thereby providing the basis of mind.

*) Presented on 21 August 1997 at the Brain & Self Workshop, Helsingør, Denmark.

Author Biography

Rodney M.J. Cotterill

R.M.J. Cotterill, Biophysics, Building 307, Danish Technical University, DK-2800
Lyngby, Denmark. E-mail: firocot@gbar.dtu.dk

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Published

2022-08-04

How to Cite

M.J. Cotterill, R. (2022). NAVIGATION, CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BODY/MIND »PROBLEM«*). Psyke & Logos, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v18i2.133319