Towards a hybrid approach to unveil the Chimaira of neurosciences: philosophy, aperiodic activity and the neural correlates of consciousness

TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards a hybrid approach to unveil the Chimaira of neurosciences

T2 - philosophy, aperiodic activity and the neural correlates of consciousness

AU - Ladas, Aristea I.

AU - Gravalas, Triantafyllos

AU - Stoneham, Tom

AU - Frantzidis, Christos A.

N1 - Funding Information: Submission of this manuscript was funded by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Ladas, Gravalas, Stoneham and Frantzidis.

PY - 2023/10/13

Y1 - 2023/10/13

N2 - Contemporary theories of consciousness, although very efficient in postulating testable hypotheses, seem to either neglect its relational aspect or to have a profound difficulty in operationalizing this aspect in a measurable manner. We further argue that the analysis of periodic brain activity is inadequate to reveal consciousness’s subjective facet. This creates an important epistemic gap in the quest for the neural correlates of consciousness. We suggest a possible solution to bridge this gap, by analysing aperiodic brain activity. We further argue for the imperative need to inform neuroscientific theories of consciousness with relevant philosophical endeavours, in an effort to define, and therefore operationalise, consciousness thoroughly.

AB - Contemporary theories of consciousness, although very efficient in postulating testable hypotheses, seem to either neglect its relational aspect or to have a profound difficulty in operationalizing this aspect in a measurable manner. We further argue that the analysis of periodic brain activity is inadequate to reveal consciousness’s subjective facet. This creates an important epistemic gap in the quest for the neural correlates of consciousness. We suggest a possible solution to bridge this gap, by analysing aperiodic brain activity. We further argue for the imperative need to inform neuroscientific theories of consciousness with relevant philosophical endeavours, in an effort to define, and therefore operationalise, consciousness thoroughly.

KW - aperiodic activity

KW - consciousness

KW - neural correlates

KW - philosophy

KW - relational

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85175073528&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1245868

DO - 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1245868

M3 - Article

SN - 1662-5161

VL - 17

JO - Frontiers in human neuroscience

JF - Frontiers in human neuroscience

M1 - 1245868

ER -