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Why evolve consciousness? Neural credit and blame allocation as a core function of consciousness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2022
Abstract
I concur with Merker and colleague's critiques, suggesting that hypotheses about the evolutionary function of consciousness can help address them. Brains are parallel systems that function to compute possible actions and predict outcomes. I hypothesize that a core function of consciousness per se is the global feedback of information about those actions actually executed, supporting local learning via neuronal updating.
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