Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

The complexity of the stream of consciousness

  • Peter Coppola,
  • Judith Allanson,
  • Lorina Naci,
  • Ram Adapa,
  • Paola Finoia,
  • Guy B. Williams,
  • John D. Pickard,
  • Adrian M. Owen,
  • David K. Menon,
  • Emmanuel A. Stamatakis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04109-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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A dynamical systems and phenomenology-based approach demonstrates that human consciousness is associated with faster, more unpredictable yet more constant transitions in dynamical connectivity and reveals an increased repertoire of possible states