Christof Koch: Claustrum: The Seat of Consciousness?

Описание: May 29, 2019
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Francis Crick, Christof Koch: What is the function of the claustrum? (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2005.1661
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

The neurology of consciousness: Crick's last stand (2005)
https://www.economist.com/science-and...

SCIENTISTS AT WORK: FRANCIS CRICK AND CHRISTOF KOCH; After the Double Helix: Unraveling the Mysteries of the State of Being (2004)
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/sc...
"While some philosophers claim that consciousness is a phenomenon outside the purview of material science, Dr. Crick dismisses such arguments with the imperious confidence that is part of his legend. ''The mechanism is the important part; the rest is just playing with words,'' he said in a recent interview. [...]
While many scientists assume that consciousness is a global property of the brain -- ''a gestalt phenomenon'' -- Dr. Koch and Dr. Crick say they believe that only a few neurons are responsible at any given moment. Of the 50 billion or so neurons in the brain, Dr. Crick says that perhaps only tens of thousands, or even a few thousand, give rise to the feeling of conscious awareness. ''We believe it is essentially a local phenomenon,'' he said. [...]
Having solved one of the basic mysteries of life here on Earth, Dr. Crick seems happy to skewer any notions of a life beyond. For him, the most profound implication of an operational understanding of consciousness is that ''it will lead to the death of the soul.''
''The view of ourselves as 'persons' is just as erroneous as the view that the Sun goes around the Earth,'' he said. He predicted that ''this sort of language will disappear in a few hundred years.''
''In the fullness of time,'' he continued, ''educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.''"

Francis Crick: The Astonishing Hypothesis, The Scientific Search for the Soul (1994)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ast...
"You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."

History of Neuroscience: Francis Crick (2002)
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Christof Koch
https://christofkoch.com/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/au...

This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From (2017)
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A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain (2017)
https://www.nature.com/news/a-giant-n...
"Like ivy plants that send runners out searching for something to cling to, the brain's neurons send out shoots that connect with other neurons throughout the organ. A new digital reconstruction method shows three neurons that branch extensively throughout the brain, including one that wraps around its entire outer layer. The finding may help to explain how the brain creates consciousness."

What is the function of the claustrum?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Electrical stimulation of a small brain area reversibly disrupts consciousness (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014....

The effect of claustrum lesions on human consciousness and recovery of function (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2015...

The Claustrum in Relation to Seizures and Electrical Stimulation (2019)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2019.00008

Christof Koch: Neuronal "Superhub" Might Generate Consciousness (2014)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain (2014)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...

GW Researchers Disrupt Consciousness With Electrical Stimulation (2014)
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-researcher...
"Beyond that, Dr. Koubeissi notes, it has been hypothesized that the role of the claustrum, based on its connectivity with other brain regions, may be to bind different sensory inputs together into what humans perceive as a single experience. For example, when holding a flower, most people note its color, its smell and its shape as a single transitory experience. For people with schizophrenia, though, there is a clear separation between thoughts, actions, emotions and perception.
“When there is such a separation, it may result from dysfunction in this particular region of the brain,” Dr. Koubeissi said."

The On, Off Switch of Consciousness
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