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Consciousness and valence are intrinsically linked as valence serves as the fundamental basis for hedonic evaluation within conscious experience [1]. Furthermore, valence is described as an integral component that shapes phenomenal contents [2], influences the integration of sensory information [3], and characterizes the varying qualitative nature of sensations [4].
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Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com 1 fact
claimThe origins and raison d’être of consciousness lie in hedonic evaluation or 'valence' (good, neutral, or bad).
AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com 1 fact
perspectiveAnil Seth posits that conscious experience in human beings integrates sensory and perceptual information in a single, unimodal format centered on the body and opportunities for action, influenced by valence, survival-relevant affordances, and specific temporal properties.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
claimIn the context of consciousness, meaning refers to the way valence is embodied in the genomic instructions for assembling the neurocircuitry responsible for phenomenal contents, constituting an embodied form of species memory.
Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com 1 fact
perspectiveThe sensational associative learning explanation is superior to the phenomenal powers view because it accounts for adaptive-seeming structural aspects of consciousness and explains why sensations have varying valences, such as clear valence in pain, little or no valence in green, or ambiguous valence in surprise.