http://precedings.nature.com/users/36ccc0a7e36ba81ed13f28f191be45a6/ Documents posted by Chris King Nature Publishing Group en Nature Precedings http://precedings.nature.com/images/header_logo.gif http://precedings.nature.com http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2465/version/1 Abstract: The nature and physical basis of consciousness remains the central enigma of the scientific description of reality in the third millennium. This paper seeks to examine the phenomenal nature of subjective consciousness and elucidate a possible biophysical basis for its existence, in terms of a form of quantum anticipation based on entangled states driven by chaotic sensitivity of global brain dynamics during decision-making processes. Evidence is presented for the evolutionary emergence of chaotic excitation as a universal sense organ in the founding eucaryotes, which then became used in a context-sensitive manner by complex central nervous systems, leading to the dynamical brain. http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2465/version/1 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:06:56 UTC The Central Enigma of Consciousness hdl:10101/npre.2008.2465.1 2008-11-05 Chris C. King Nature Precedings 2008-11-05T16:06:56Z Manuscript Neuroscience http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1473/version/1 Recent research into whole genome mapping of the mouse brain has made possible direct investigation of the brain expression of unusual genes. A search of the Allen Brain Atlas database has provided genetic and neuro-anatomical evidence for widespread specific expression in the brain of eight genes specific to sensory transduction, in vision, hearing and touch. A novel biophysical model is proposed for the function of these proteins, in generating the internal model of experiential reality. http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1473/version/1 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:35:34 UTC Sensory Transduction and Subjective Experience: Expression of eight genes in three senses suggests a radical model of consciousness hdl:10101/npre.2007.1473.1 2008-01-01 Chris C. King Nature Precedings 2008-01-01T23:35:34Z Manuscript Genetics & Genomics Neuroscience http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/