About this Research Topic
All these facts open questions that range from the mechanistic underpinnings of brain states to questions related to the meaning and genesis of consciousness and to the boundary between insentient matter and a spark of subjectivity.
In this Research Topic we adopt a broad scope that allows not only a multilevel approach, but also a multidisciplinary dialogue about how activity in neuronal networks results in different brain states, how those support different consciousness states, and in what sense. Where does consciousness arise, what are the underlying mechanisms, how are they altered in brain disorders and what are the criteria for attributing consciousness? Can we expect consciousness to emerge from non-organic entities such as machines?
This Research Topic on brain states and mechanisms of consciousness calls for articles from numerous disciplines including (but not limited to):
• experimental neuroscience
• computational neuroscience
• basic and clinical research
• psychology
• robotics
• artificial intelligence and brain simulations
• philosophy
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