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Quality space computations for consciousness

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Stephen M. Fleming *
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Nicholas Shea *
DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.06.007delete
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The quality space hypothesis about conscious experience proposes that conscious sensory states are experienced in relation to other possible sensory states. For instance, the colour red is experienced as being more like orange, and less like green or blue. Recent empirical findings suggest that subjective similarity space can be explained in terms of similarities in neural activation patterns. Here, we consider how localist, workspace, and higher-order theories of consciousness can accommodate claims about the qualitative character of experience and functionally support a quality space. We review existing empirical evidence for each of these positions, and highlight novel experimental tools, such as altering local activation spaces via brain stimulation or behavioural training, that can distinguish these accounts.
Keywords:
TEMPORAL CORTEX
REPRESENTATIONS
SIMILARITY
COLOR
ARCHITECTURE
WORKSPACE
RESPONSES
INSIGHTS
SUPPORT
VISION
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences cover
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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university of london
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