Attention schema theory

The attention schema theory of consciousness or subjective awareness is an evolutionary and neuropsychological scientific theory of consciousness developed by neuroscientist Michael Graziano at Princeton University. It proposes that brains evolved and construct subjective awareness as a schematic model of the process of attention. The theory is a materialist and illusionist theory of consciousness, in line with the ideas of philosophers like Daniel Dennett and Keith Frankish.

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