Are There Islands of Awareness?

Awareness / ethics Brain / physiology Consciousness Humans
Guillain-Barré syndrome cerebral organoids disorders of consciousness dreaming ex cranio brains hemispherotomy measures of consciousness neuroethics

Journal

Trends in neurosciences
ISSN: 1878-108X
Titre abrégé: Trends Neurosci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808616

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 2020
Historique:
received: 13 09 2019
revised: 30 10 2019
accepted: 08 11 2019
pubmed: 15 12 2019
medline: 12 8 2021
entrez: 15 12 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Ordinary 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 Opinion paper considers conditions in which such islands might occur, including ex cranio brains, hemispherotomy, and in cerebral organoids. We examine possible methods for detecting islands of awareness, and consider their implications for ethics and for the nature of consciousness.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2019.11.003 PMID: 31836316
pubmed: 31836316
pii: S0166-2236(19)30216-4
doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2019.11.003
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

6-16

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Tim Bayne (T)

School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind and Consciousness, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: timothy.bayne@monash.edu.

Anil K Seth (AK)

School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind and Consciousness, Toronto, Canada.

Marcello Massimini (M)

Department of Biomedical Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; IRCCS, Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind and Consciousness, Toronto, Canada.

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Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes psychologiques › Processus mentaux › Cognition › Conscience immédiate › Are There Islands of Awareness?
questionsmedicales.fr › Système nerveux › Système nerveux central › Encéphale › Are There Islands of Awareness?
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes psychologiques › Conscience › Are There Islands of Awareness?
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Chordés › Vertébrés › Mammifères › Eutheria › Primates › Haplorhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Humains › Are There Islands of Awareness?