Neuronal Basis Of Consciousness Explored In New Study

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Consciousness arises from an ordered yet chaotic pattern of communication between neurons, according to a new study. agsandrew/Shutterstock

What is consciousness? As questions go, that’s quite a whopper, with all sorts of philosophical and neurological implications – but that didn’t stop an international team of researchers from attempting to answer it. Publishing their findings in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, they suggest that consciousness may be produced by an “ordered chaos” within the brain, with neurons communicating in a spontaneous manner, forming transient patterns that adhere to underlying structures.