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Passive frame theory: A new synthesis

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Passive frame theory attempts to illuminate what consciousness is, in mechanistic and functional terms; it does not address the "implementation" level of analysis (how neurons instantiate conscious states), an enigma for various disciplines. However, in response to the commentaries, we discuss how our framework provides clues regarding this enigma. In the framework, consciousness is passive albeit essential. Without consciousness, there would not be adaptive skeletomotor action.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x15002812

Authors: Ezequiel Morsella, Christine A. Godwin, Tiffany K. Jantz, Stephen C. Krieger, Adam Gazzaley

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy and Theoretical Science

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2560797165

FWCI: 2.364

Cites: 223

Cited by: 10

Related to: 10