Research article summary (published 30 May 2002):

The self-organizing consciousness.

Full Abstract

We propose that the isomorphism generally observed between the representations composing our momentary phenomenal experience and the structure of the world is the end-product of a progressive organization that emerges thanks to elementary associative processes that take our conscious representations themselves as the stuff on which they operate, a thesis that we summarize in the concept of Self-Organizing Consciousness (SOC).

Author information

Author/s: Perruchet, Pierre (P); Vinter, Annie (A);

Affiliation: Université de Bourgogne, LEAD/CNRS, 21000 Dijon, France. pierre.perruchet(-atsign-)u-bourgogne.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: The Behavioral and brain sciences (Behav Brain Sci), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 25 (issue 3) : pp 297-330; discussion 330-88

Dates: Created 2003/07/25; Completed 2003/09/09; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12879698, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Association Learning - physiology Automatism Brain - physiology Cognition - physiology Consciousness - physiology Decision Making

Humans Linguistics Logic Memory, Short-Term - physiology Nerve Net - physiology Unconscious (Psychology)

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