Consciousness and the Neurobiology of Perceptual Binding

摘要: The brain processes information along specialized tracts that are separated across cortex. However, our visual experiences of unified objects. How perceptions become united into wholes even though all individual features comprise them distributed about the is problem perceptual binding. This article discusses ongoing neurophysiological research connects awareness with 40 Hz neural oscillatory firing patterns. Three different experimental approaches for tying patterns in cortex to examined: (1) single cell and local field potential recordings areas 17 18 which show synchronous between noncontiguous cells similar receptive fields; (2) MEG measurements rapid thalamic bursting, indicating ILN might drive or otherwise contribute cortical oscillations; (3) EEG taken over sensory demonstrating a higher level coordination, suggesting binding occurs at organization entirely. As this writing, connection any consciousness tenuous best.