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Global Workspace Theory is fundamentally linked to cognition as it explains how conscious states guide flexible, context-dependent cognition [1], and provides theoretical insights into the relationship between consciousness and cognition {fact:1, fact:3}.
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Global workspace theory - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimA. C. Elitzur's 1997 paper abstract argued that while the global workspace theory does not address the hard problem of consciousness, it constrains theories that do and provides insights into the relationship between consciousness and cognition.
Fame in the Brain—Global Workspace Theories of Consciousness psychologytoday.com 1 fact
claimGlobal Workspace Theories are primarily focused on the mechanism of 'conscious access,' defined as why certain representations are available to be flexibly used by a wide range of consuming systems and the ability of conscious states to guide behavior and cognition in flexible, context-dependent ways.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
quoteA. C. Elitzur argued: "While [GWT] does not address the 'hard problem', namely, the very nature of consciousness, it constrains any theory that attempts to do so and provides important insights into the relation between consciousness and cognition."