The claustrum and consciousness: an update

The seminal paper of Crick and Koch (2005) proposed that the claustrum, an enigmatic and thin grey matter structure that lies beside the insular cortex, may be involved in the processing of consciousness. As a result, this otherwise obscure structure has received ever-increasing interest in the sear...

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Main Authors: Liaw, Yin Siang, Augustine, George James
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1709682023-10-15T15:38:22Z The claustrum and consciousness: an update Liaw, Yin Siang Augustine, George James Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::Medicine Claustrum Consciousness The seminal paper of Crick and Koch (2005) proposed that the claustrum, an enigmatic and thin grey matter structure that lies beside the insular cortex, may be involved in the processing of consciousness. As a result, this otherwise obscure structure has received ever-increasing interest in the search for neural correlates of consciousness. Here we review theories of consciousness and discuss the possible relationship between the claustrum and consciousness. We review relevant experimental evidence collected since the Crick and Koch (2005) paper and consider whether these findings support or contradict their hypothesis. We also explore how future experimental work can be designed to clarify how consciousness emerges from neural activity and to understand the role of the claustrum in consciousness. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version This work was supported by research grant MOE2017-T3-1-002 from the Singapore Ministry of Education. 2023-10-09T08:18:56Z 2023-10-09T08:18:56Z 2023 Journal Article Liaw, Y. S. & Augustine, G. J. (2023). The claustrum and consciousness: an update. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 23(4), 100405-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100405 2174-0852 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170968 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100405 37701759 2-s2.0-85169933337 4 23 100405 en MOE2017-T3-1-002 International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/). application/pdf
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topic Science::Medicine
Claustrum
Consciousness
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Claustrum
Consciousness
Liaw, Yin Siang
Augustine, George James
The claustrum and consciousness: an update
description The seminal paper of Crick and Koch (2005) proposed that the claustrum, an enigmatic and thin grey matter structure that lies beside the insular cortex, may be involved in the processing of consciousness. As a result, this otherwise obscure structure has received ever-increasing interest in the search for neural correlates of consciousness. Here we review theories of consciousness and discuss the possible relationship between the claustrum and consciousness. We review relevant experimental evidence collected since the Crick and Koch (2005) paper and consider whether these findings support or contradict their hypothesis. We also explore how future experimental work can be designed to clarify how consciousness emerges from neural activity and to understand the role of the claustrum in consciousness.
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title The claustrum and consciousness: an update
title_short The claustrum and consciousness: an update
title_full The claustrum and consciousness: an update
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