?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+New+Theory+of+Consciousness%3A+The+Missing+Link+-+Organization&rft.creator=De+Luca%2C+A+Tony&rft.creator=Stephens%2C+Newman++L&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=What+is+consciousness+and+what+is+the+missing+link+between+the+sensory+input+and+the+cortical+centre+in+the+brain+for+consciousness%3F+In+the+literature+there+are+more+than+a+million+pages+written+about+consciousness.+The+perspectives+range+from+the+field+of+metaphysics+to+those+of+quantum+mechanics.+However%2C+no+one+today+has+produced+a+theory+which+is+universally+accepted.+Consciousness+is+%E2%80%9Csomething%E2%80%9D+which+the+majority+of+humans+know+that+they+posses%2C+they+use+it+when+they+want+to+understand+their+environment.+However%2C+no+individual+human+knows+whether+other+humans+also+posses+consciousness.+unless+some+tests+such+as+she+is+looking+at+me%2C+he+is+talking+etc.%2C+are+performed.+We+are+caught+in+an+intellectual+sort+of+recursive+carousel+%E2%80%93+we+need+consciousness+to+understand+consciousness.+To+understand+consciousness+we+have+to+understand+the+mechanism+of+its+function%2C+which+is+to+effectively+organize+sensory+inputs+from+our+environment.+Consciousness+is+the+outcome+of+the+process+of+organizing+these+sensory+inputs.+This+implies+that+organization+is+an+act+which+precedes+consciousness.+Since+every+activity+in+nature+is+to+organize%2Fdisorganize%2C+what+is+the+element+which+compels+this+action%3F+I+am+proposing+that+just+like+energy+is+the+physical+element+that+causes+action%2C+there+is+another+physical+element+I+have+called+it+NASCIUM+which+has+the+capacity+to+cause+organization.+This+is+the+missing+link.+Understanding+the+nature+of+organization%2C+i.e.+nascium%2C+will+enhance+our+capability+to+understand+consciousness.+&rft.publisher=N+A&rft.date=2010-09-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7022%2F1%2FA_New_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf&rft.identifier=++De+Luca%2C+A+Tony+and+Stephens%2C+Newman+L++(2010)+A+New+Theory+of+Consciousness%3A+The+Missing+Link+-+Organization.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7022%2F