TY - GEN ID - cogprints7288 UR - http://cogprints.org/7288/ A1 - Wallace, Dr. Rodrick TI - Consciousness: A Simple Information Theory Global Workspace Model Y1 - 2011/04/15/ N2 - The asymptotic limit theorems of information theory permit a concise formulation of Bernard Baars' global workspace/global broadcast picture of consciousness, focusing on how networks of unconscious cognitive modules are driven by the classic 'no free lunch' argument into shifting, tunable, alliances having variable thresholds for signal detection. The model directly accounts for the punctuated characteristics of many conscious phenomena, and derives the inherent necessity of inattentional blindness and related effects. AV - public KW - asymptotic limit KW - ergodic KW - network KW - no free lunch KW - phase transition KW - topology ER -