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Are there islands of awareness?
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posted on 2023-06-12, 09:13 authored by Tim Bayne, Anil SethAnil Seth, Marcello MassiminiOrdinary human experience is embedded in a web of causal relations that link the brain to the body and the wider environment. However, there might be conditions in which brain activity supports consciousness even when that activity is fully causally isolated from the body and its environment. Such cases would involve what we call ‘islands of awareness’: conscious states that are neither shaped by sensory input nor able to be expressed by motor output. This paper considers conditions in which such islands might occur, including ex cranio brains, hemispherotomy, and in cerebral organoids. We examine possible methods for 2 detecting islands of awareness, and consider their implications for ethics and for the nature of consciousness.
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Trends in NeurosciencesISSN
0166-2236Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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1Volume
43Page range
6-16Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
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- Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science Publications
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2019-11-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2019-11-13Usage metrics
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