?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Neural+Attentional+Model+for+Access+to+Consciousness%3A+A+Global+Workspace+Perspective&rft.creator=Newman%2C+James&rft.creator=Baars%2C+Bernard+J.&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=A+broad+consensus+has+developed+in+recent+years+in+the+cognitive+and+neurosciences+that+the+cognitive+functions+of+the+mind+arise+out+of+the+activities+of+an+extensive+and+diverse+array+of+specialized+processors+operating+as+a+parallel%2C+distributed+system.+A+theoretical+perspective+is+presented+which+expands+upon+this+%22society%22+model+to+include+globally+integrative+infuences+upon+this+arrary+of+processors.+This+perspective+serves+as+the+basis+for+an+explicit+neural+model+of+a+%22global+workspace+within+a+system+of+distributed+specialized+processors%22.+Anatomical+and+physiological+evidence+are+reviewed+which+suggest+that+this+parallel%2C+modular+architecture+is+superceded+by+a+more+diffuse%2C+tangential+intracortical+network+capable+of+integrating+underlying+modular+activites+into+increasingly+global+cognitive+representations.+There+follows+an+explication+of+the+role+of+this+%22neural+global+workspace%22+in+providing+the+essential+basis+for+the+central+control+of+attention+and+the+generation+of+unified%2C+conscious+percepts.+Finally+the+role+of+thalamic+and+brainstem+activation+systems+in+these+integrative+processes+is+discussed.&rft.date=1993-12&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F73%2F1%2FCINSART.htm&rft.identifier=++Newman%2C+James+and+Baars%2C+Bernard+J.++(1993)+A+Neural+Attentional+Model+for+Access+to+Consciousness%3A+A+Global+Workspace+Perspective.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F73%2F