title: A role for the anterior insular cortex in the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness.
abstract: According to the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness, consciousness results from the global broadcast of information throughout the brain. The global neuronal workspace is mainly constituted by a fronto-parietal network. The anterior insular cortex is part of this global neuronal workspace, but the function of this region has not yet been defined within the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness. In this review, I hypothesize that the anterior insular cortex implements a cross-modal priority map, the function of which is to determine priorities for the processing of information and subsequent entrance in the global neuronal workspace.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Sciences, Normes et Décision, Université Paris-Sorbonne, 1, rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: Matthias.Michel.2@paris-sorbonne.fr.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michel
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Anterior insular cortex; Consciousness; Global workspace; Multisensory integration; Priority map; Salience network