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: Received: 19 November 2022 / Approved: 23 November 2022 / Online: 23 November 2022 (07:00:10 CET)
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Chakraborty, S.; Lahkar, R. The Self-Simulation Theory:A Computational Theory of Consciousness. Preprints2022, 2022110434. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0434.v1
Chakraborty, S.; Lahkar, R. The Self-Simulation Theory:A Computational Theory of Consciousness. Preprints 2022, 2022110434. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0434.v1
Chakraborty, S.; Lahkar, R. The Self-Simulation Theory:A Computational Theory of Consciousness. Preprints2022, 2022110434. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0434.v1
APA Style
Chakraborty, S., & Lahkar, R. (2022). The Self-Simulation Theory:A Computational Theory of Consciousness. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0434.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Chakraborty, S. and Ritu Lahkar. 2022 "The Self-Simulation Theory:A Computational Theory of Consciousness" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0434.v1
Abstract
The current theories of consciousness do not address the two major problems:What is the solution to the hard problem of consciousness or What is the experience of self-existence? and How is conscious perception computed? We address these questions using our hypothesized theory:The Self Simulation theory and propose a model of computation of consciousness.The components of the model are an interconnected network of auxiliary processors or Auxiliary Neural Networks(AN) which receives input from the external sensory modalities,computes a representation of the information and relays it to the NCC(Neural Correlates of Consciousness), the NCC – a processing unit which can be neuro anatomically distributed in location but computationally connected to each other and to the Auxiliary Networks,and a working memory which the NCC references for further computation of information.Computation of conscious perception is achieved via the decoding of the content of the memory by the NCC.The self simulation theory accounts not only for the various phenomenal experiences but also experimentation paradigms conducted in the past.
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