title: A unified 3D default space consciousness model combining neurological and physiological processes that underlie conscious experience.
abstract: The Global Workspace Theory and Information Integration Theory are two of the most currently accepted consciousness models; however, these models do not address many aspects of conscious experience. We compare these models to our previously proposed consciousness model in which the thalamus fills-in processed sensory information from corticothalamic feedback loops within a proposed 3D default space, resulting in the recreation of the internal and external worlds within the mind. This 3D default space is composed of all cells of the body, which communicate via gap junctions and electrical potentials to create this unified space. We use 3D illustrations to explain how both visual and non-visual sensory information may be filled-in within this dynamic space, creating a unified seamless conscious experience. This neural sensory memory space is likely generated by baseline neural oscillatory activity from the default mode network, other salient networks, brainstem, and reticular activating system.
authors.affiliation: Augusta Women's Center Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Ravinder
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jerath
authors.affiliation: Augusta Women's Center Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Molly W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Prevention Institute, Georgia Regents University Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Vernon A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Barnes
keywords: 3D default space; consciousness; corticothalamic feedback loops; global workspace theory; integrated information theory; meditation; sensory memory space; thalamus