neural circuits ↔ qualia

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Qualia are described as the phenomenal experiences produced by specific neural circuits [1], [2], which are essential for selecting the valence required for real-time brain operation [3].

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The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Frontiers in Psychology 3 facts

claimNeural circuitry, specifically the SCs, is required to select specific qualia, which provides the valence necessary for a brain operating in real-time.

claimConsciousness allows information related to hazards of the real world to be encoded in the genome within the assembly instructions for neural circuits responsible for phenomenal experience, or qualia.

claimMeaning is encoded in two distinct time scales and locations: real-time memories of past experience and evolutionary-time genomic instructions for assembling the neural circuitry that produces qualia.