Summary
The idea that consciousness has an integrative function has along history. The late Francisco Varela and colleagues called it the “brainweb” (2002).
Global Workspace theory suggests a fleeting memory capacity that enables access between brain functions that are otherwise separate.This makes sense in a brain that is a brainweb, viewed as amassive parallel distributed system of highly specialized processors.
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