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Neural correlate of consciousness - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Apperception, Appreciation, Attention, Brain, Cognition, Concentration, Concern, Consideration, Ear, Experience, Faculties, Feeling, Head

The neural correlate of consciousness (NCC) is a term made popular by Francis Crick and Christof Koch in the early 1990s. It refers to those neural activities explicitly correlated with conscious experience. The NCC has become a hot area of research in the neuroscientific community. The NCC seeks to avoid questions of causation, and philosophical debates that are associated with the study of consciousness; hence the emphasis on looking for a "correlation".

Example Usage of consciousness

shekhinahshaman: As we grow in higher consciousness,we discover that it is more important to be the right person then to find the right person. Ken Keyes,Jr
imogenhowson: @MoriahJovan Not me. I'm writing to a fairly strict plot I worked out last month. If I do stream of consciousness I crash and burn.
kannanviswa: RT @RobbCorbett Robb's Daily Affirmation: My consciousness is expanding everyday.
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