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Experimental and theoretical approaches to conscious processing.
Dehaene S., Changeux J.-P.
Neuron 70, 2 (2011) 200-27 - http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00717254
Sciences cognitives/Neurosciences
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Experimental and theoretical approaches to conscious processing.
Stanislas Dehaene1, 2, Jean-Pierre Changeux3, 4
1 :  Neuroimagerie cognitive
http://www.unicog.org
INSERM : U992 – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud – CEA : DSV/I2BM/NEUROSPIN
Gif sur Yvette
France
2 :  Collège de France - Collège de France
http://www.college-de-france.fr
Collège de France
11, place Marcelin Berthelot 75231 Paris Cedex 05
France
3 :  Perception et Mémoire
CNRS : URA2182 – Institut Pasteur de Paris
25, rue du Docteur Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15
France
4 :  Département de Neuroscience
Institut Pasteur de Paris
25 rue du Dr Roux 75724 paris cedex 15
France
Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable neuronal activity. The present review focuses on the well-delimited issue of how an external or internal piece of information goes beyond nonconscious processing and gains access to conscious processing, a transition characterized by the existence of a reportable subjective experience. Converging neuroimaging and neurophysiological data, acquired during minimal experimental contrasts between conscious and nonconscious processing, point to objective neural measures of conscious access: late amplification of relevant sensory activity, long-distance cortico-cortical synchronization at beta and gamma frequencies, and "ignition" of a large-scale prefronto-parietal network. We compare these findings to current theoretical models of conscious processing, including the Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW) model according to which conscious access occurs when incoming information is made globally available to multiple brain systems through a network of neurons with long-range axons densely distributed in prefrontal, parieto-temporal, and cingulate cortices. The clinical implications of these results for general anesthesia, coma, vegetative state, and schizophrenia are discussed.
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Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture
10.1016/j.neuron.2011.03.018
Neuron (Neuron)
Publisher Elsevier (Cell Press)
ISSN 0896-6273 
internationale
28/04/2011
70
2
200-27

Acronyme FP7-ERC 2009 Neuroconsc 249830
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