From Sponge to Human: The Evolution of Consciousness

M. S.A. Graziano; T. W. Webb

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804042-3.00098-1

From Sponge to Human: The Evolution of Consciousness

M. S.A. Graziano, T. W. Webb

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The attention schema theory is a proposed explanation for the brain basis of conscious experience. The theory is mechanistic, testable, and supported by at least some preliminary experiments. In the theory, subjective awareness is an internal model of attention that serves several adaptive functions. This chapter discusses the evolution of consciousness in the context of the attention schema theory, beginning with the evolution of attentional mechanisms that emerged more than half a billion years ago and extending to human consciousness and the social attribution of conscious states to others.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Evolution of Nervous Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	547-554
Number of pages	8
Volume	3-4
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128040423
ISBN (Print)	9780128040966
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804042-3.00098-1
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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General Medicine
General Neuroscience

Keywords

Attention
Awareness
Body schema
Consciousness
Control theory
Evolution
Hemispatial neglect
Metacontrast masking
Optic tectum
Social cognition
Social perception
Superior colliculus
Temporoparietal junction

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