creators_name: Wallace, Rodrick creators_id: wallace@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu type: preprint datestamp: 2011-05-02 17:09:59 lastmod: 2011-05-02 17:09:59 metadata_visibility: show title: Consciousness: A Simple Information Theory Global Workspace Model subjects: cog-psy subjects: neuro-mod subjects: phil-mind full_text_status: public keywords: asymptotic limit, ergodic, network, no free lunch, phase transition, topology abstract: 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. date: 2011-04-15 date_type: submitted refereed: FALSE citation: Wallace, Dr. Rodrick (2011) Consciousness: A Simple Information Theory Global Workspace Model. [Preprint] document_url: http://cogprints.org/7288/1/nofree31.pdf