A modified concept of consciousness¶
Sperry, R. W. (1969). A modified concept of consciousness. Psychological Review, 76(6), 532-536.
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- Downward Causation
- Roger Sperry's 1969 emergentist neurophilosophy grounded downward causation in mind-brain interaction — conscious mental states (emergent from neural activity) causally constraining neural firing patterns.
This sourceEmergentist mind-brain interactionism in which conscious states exert holistic downward control over neural activity; supports D19-076 (Sperry's downward causation in mind-brain emergentism).
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Sperry's 1969 paper casts consciousness as an emergent property of cerebral activity that exerts directive holistic control over the flow pattern of cerebral excitation.
“consciousness, interpreted to be a direct emergent property of cerebral activity, is conceived to be an integral com- ponent of the brain process that functions as an essential constituent of the action and exerts a directive holistic form of control over the flow pattern”
- Roger Sperry's 1969 emergentist neurophilosophy grounded downward causation in mind-brain interaction — conscious mental states (emergent from neural activity) causally constraining neural firing patterns.
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