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ReviewBrain and behavior2025

Context-Sensitive Conscious Interpretation and Layer-5 Pyramidal Neurons in Multistable Perception.

Talis Bachmann

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Talis BachmannInstitute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-1594

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Abstract

introductionThere appears to be a fundamental difference between the two ways of how an object becomes perceptually experienced. One occurs when preconscious object-specifying sensory data processing crosses a certain threshold so that sensory constituents of object depiction become consciously experienced. The other occurs when the already consciously experienced sensory features of the object become interpreted as belonging to a certain visual object category. Surprisingly, experimental facts about neural markers of conscious access gathered so far do not allow us to distinguish mechanisms responsible for these two varieties.

methodsA cortical multicompartment layer-5 pyramidal neuron-based generic processing model is presented in order to conceptualize a possible mechanistic solution for the explanatory cul-de-sac. To support the argument, a review of pertinent research is compiled as associated with data from studies where physically invariant perceptual stimuli have underwent alternative interpretation(s) by the brain.

resultsRecent developments in the newly emerging field of cellular psycho(physio)logy are introduced, offering a hypothetical solution for distinguishing the mechanisms subserving sensory content experience and conscious interpretation.

conclusionThe multicompartment single cell-based mechanistic approach to brain process correlates of conscious perception appears to have an added value beyond the traditional inter-areal connectivity-based theoretical stances.

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ConsciousnessModels, NeurologicalPyramidal CellsVisual PerceptionAnimalsHumansconscious interpretationlayer‐5 pyramidal neuronperception

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PMID40038853
PMCPMC11879900

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