Extended consciousness as revealed by the angular gyrus model of consciousness

GreySmith Institute of Advanced Studies, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.31v1
Subject Areas
Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Psychology, Computational Science
Keywords
Angular Gyrus, TPFIA, Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus, Middle Longitudinal Fasciculus, Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus, Arcuate Fasciculus, Inferior Fronto-Occipital Fasciculus, Orbital Prefrontal Cortex, Working Memory, Metacognitive Area
Copyright
© 2013 Smith
Licence
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Cite this article
Smith GE. 2013. Extended consciousness as revealed by the angular gyrus model of consciousness. PeerJ PrePrints 1:e31v1

Abstract

The Extended Consciousness builds on the strengths of the proto conscious and the core consciousness to add a sense of experience onto the basic alertness provided by core consciousness. The Angular Gyrus Model of Consciousness provides some hints as to how the experential image is built. In this article I explore the role of the Temporal-Parietal Fiber Intersection Area in providing links between other parts of the brain and the Angular Gyrus that encourage the formation of the experential image.