According to one theory, consciousness arises from the activity of specific areas of the brain. in other words, the parts of your brain currently active contribute to your moment-to-moment experience. what is the name of this theory?

Global workspace theory

Explanation:

According to the global workspace theory while there are certain parts of the brain that are active when perceiving something there are other parts of the brain that are working in order to support the main function that the brain is doing.

This means that not only one part of the brain is active to contribute to the moment-to-moment experiences of a person.

Global work-space theory  

Explanation:

Global work-space theory abbreviated as G.W.T is referred to as a rudimentary cognitive architecture which has been created in order to calculate qualitatively for set of pairs that is matched and is considered of unconscious and conscious processes. It was first proposed by Bernard Baars. Computational simulations and Brain interpretations this theory were the main focus of his research.

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