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. 2017 Jun 23:8:1069.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01069. eCollection 2017.

Locke's View of the Hard Problem of Consciousness and Its Implications for Neuroscience and Computer Science

John E Lisman  1
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Locke's View of the Hard Problem of Consciousness and Its Implications for Neuroscience and Computer Science

John E Lisman. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: CREB; NMDA-spike; excitability; feedback; qualia; sleepwalking.

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The unique neural pathway (blue feedback arrow) that, according to a neural interpretation of Locke, is essential for consciousness. The feedback pathway provides internal sensation (reflection) that, together with sensory input from the external world, provides the only inputs to the perceptual system. Inner speech and image generation are considered the result of the action selection mechanism. The action selection system utilizes information from perceptual and memory systems. There is also an unconscious system (not shown) that can perform stimulus/response functions.
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