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The brain and conscious states are linked through physicalist theories that equate consciousness with physical brain states [1], as well as models where conscious states influence physical processes within the brain [2] and the brain regulates the contents of consciousness via selective attention [3].
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Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com 1 fact
claimPhysicalists suggest that the self is a physical object, such as a body or a brain, and that conscious states are ultimately physical states.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe brain's gatekeeper function controls the contents of each fully realized conscious state through selective attention.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimChalmers and McQueen propose that conscious states cause the collapse of physical states in the brain, and these states do not necessarily have to be measurements.