BS 184 Mark Solms, author of "The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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The Role of Cortex in Consciousness
John Mallett pointed out the possibility that insects might be conscious in episode 128 of the podcast./nThe cortex is critical for human consciousness but a lot of what it does is unconscious./nAn estimated 40% of the cortex is devoted to vision but most of this processing is automatic./nNovel environments contain more uncertainty and introduce choice, while subcortical circuits generate both valence and categories, such as hunger and thirst.
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