https://popups.uliege.be/3041-539x/index.php?id=3771 Publications of Auteurs Axel Cleeremans fr 0 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-539x/index.php?id=3768 Here, I explore the idea that consciousness is something that the brain learns to do rather than an intrinsic property of certain neural states and not others. Starting from the idea that neural activity is inherently unconscious, the question thus becomes: How does the brain learn to be conscious? I suggest that consciousness arises as a result of the brain's continuous attempts at predicting not only the consequences of its actions on the world and on other agents, but also the consequences of activity in one cerebral region on activity in other regions. By this account, the brain continuously and unconsciously learns to redescribe its own activity to itself, so developing systems of metarepresentations that characterize and qualify the target first-order representations. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:06:19 +0200 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:06:28 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-539x/index.php?id=3768