title: Neural correlates of consciousness.
abstract: Jon Driver's scientific work was characterized by an innovative combination of new methods for studying mental processes in the human brain in an integrative manner. In our collaborative work, he applied this approach to the study of attention and awareness, and their relationship to neural activity in the human brain. Here I review Jon's scientific work that relates to the neural basis of human consciousness, relating our collaborative work to a broader scientific context. I seek to show how his insights led to a deeper understanding of the causal connections between distant brain structures that are now believed to characterize the neural underpinnings of human consciousness.
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, United Kingdom. g.rees@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Geraint
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology
keywords: awareness; consciousness; extinction; fMRI; neglect; vision