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| Title |
The Transition to Minimal Consciousness through the Evolution of Associative Learning
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, December 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01954 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zohar Z. Bronfman, Simona Ginsburg, Eva Jablonka |
| Abstract |
The minimal state of consciousness is sentience. This includes any phenomenal sensory experience - exteroceptive, such as vision and olfaction; interoceptive, such as pain and hunger; or proprioceptive, such as the sense of bodily position and movement. We propose unlimited associative learning (UAL) as the marker of the evolutionary transition to minimal consciousness (or sentience), its phylogenetically earliest sustainable manifestation and the driver of its evolution. We define and describe UAL at the behavioral and functional level and argue that the structural-anatomical implementations of this mode of learning in different taxa entail subjective feelings (sentience). We end with a discussion of the implications of our proposal for the distribution of consciousness in the animal kingdom, suggesting testable predictions, and revisiting the ongoing debate about the function of minimal consciousness in light of our approach. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Japan | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 11 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 81% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 94 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 94 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 20% |
| Researcher | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 18% |
| Unknown | 17 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 19 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 16% |
| Psychology | 14 | 15% |
| Philosophy | 11 | 12% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 20 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2022.
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