Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity

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Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis; Mateos, Diego Martín; Guevara, Ramon; Wennberg, Richard
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2024
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There is such a vast proliferation of scientific theories of consciousness that it is worrying some scholars. There are even competitions to test different theories, and the results are inconclusive. Consciousness research, far from converging toward a unifying framework, is becoming more discordant than ever, especially with respect to theoretical elements that do not have a clear neurobiological basis. Rather than dueling theories, an integration across theories is needed to facilitate a comprehensive view on consciousness and on how normal nervous system dynamics can develop into pathological states. In dealing with what is considered an extremely complex matter, we try to adopt a perspective from which the subject appears in relative simplicity. Grounded in experimental and theoretical observations, we advance an encompassing biophysical theory, MaxCon, which incorporates aspects of several of the main existing neuroscientific consciousness theories, finding convergence points in an attempt to simplify and to understand how cellular collective activity is organized to fulfill the dynamic requirements of the diverse theories our proposal comprises. Moreover, a computable index indicating consciousness level is presented. Derived from the level of description of the interactions among cell networks, our proposal highlights the association of consciousness with maximization of the number of configurations of neural network connections ―constrained by neuroanatomy, biophysics and the environment― that is common to all consciousness theories.
Fil: Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis. The Ronin Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Mateos, Diego Martín. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
Fil: Guevara, Ramon. University of Padua; Italia
Fil: Wennberg, Richard. University Of Toronto. Hospital For Sick Children; Canadá
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BRAIN DYNAMICS
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
title Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
spellingShingle Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
CONSCIOUSNESS
BRAIN DYNAMICS
BRAIN ENERGY
CONFIGURATION
title_short Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
title_full Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
title_fullStr Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
title_full_unstemmed Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
title_sort Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
Mateos, Diego Martín
Guevara, Ramon
Wennberg, Richard
author Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
author_facet Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
Mateos, Diego Martín
Guevara, Ramon
Wennberg, Richard
author_role author
author2 Mateos, Diego Martín
Guevara, Ramon
Wennberg, Richard
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONSCIOUSNESS
BRAIN DYNAMICS
BRAIN ENERGY
CONFIGURATION
topic CONSCIOUSNESS
BRAIN DYNAMICS
BRAIN ENERGY
CONFIGURATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv There is such a vast proliferation of scientific theories of consciousness that it is worrying some scholars. There are even competitions to test different theories, and the results are inconclusive. Consciousness research, far from converging toward a unifying framework, is becoming more discordant than ever, especially with respect to theoretical elements that do not have a clear neurobiological basis. Rather than dueling theories, an integration across theories is needed to facilitate a comprehensive view on consciousness and on how normal nervous system dynamics can develop into pathological states. In dealing with what is considered an extremely complex matter, we try to adopt a perspective from which the subject appears in relative simplicity. Grounded in experimental and theoretical observations, we advance an encompassing biophysical theory, MaxCon, which incorporates aspects of several of the main existing neuroscientific consciousness theories, finding convergence points in an attempt to simplify and to understand how cellular collective activity is organized to fulfill the dynamic requirements of the diverse theories our proposal comprises. Moreover, a computable index indicating consciousness level is presented. Derived from the level of description of the interactions among cell networks, our proposal highlights the association of consciousness with maximization of the number of configurations of neural network connections ―constrained by neuroanatomy, biophysics and the environment― that is common to all consciousness theories.
Fil: Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis. The Ronin Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Mateos, Diego Martín. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
Fil: Guevara, Ramon. University of Padua; Italia
Fil: Wennberg, Richard. University Of Toronto. Hospital For Sick Children; Canadá
description There is such a vast proliferation of scientific theories of consciousness that it is worrying some scholars. There are even competitions to test different theories, and the results are inconclusive. Consciousness research, far from converging toward a unifying framework, is becoming more discordant than ever, especially with respect to theoretical elements that do not have a clear neurobiological basis. Rather than dueling theories, an integration across theories is needed to facilitate a comprehensive view on consciousness and on how normal nervous system dynamics can develop into pathological states. In dealing with what is considered an extremely complex matter, we try to adopt a perspective from which the subject appears in relative simplicity. Grounded in experimental and theoretical observations, we advance an encompassing biophysical theory, MaxCon, which incorporates aspects of several of the main existing neuroscientific consciousness theories, finding convergence points in an attempt to simplify and to understand how cellular collective activity is organized to fulfill the dynamic requirements of the diverse theories our proposal comprises. Moreover, a computable index indicating consciousness level is presented. Derived from the level of description of the interactions among cell networks, our proposal highlights the association of consciousness with maximization of the number of configurations of neural network connections ―constrained by neuroanatomy, biophysics and the environment― that is common to all consciousness theories.
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