title: Passive frame theory: A new synthesis.
abstract: Passive frame theory attempts to illuminate what consciousness is, in mechanistic and functional terms; it does not address the "implementation" level of analysis (how neurons instantiate conscious states), an enigma for various disciplines. However, in response to the commentaries, we discuss how our framework provides clues regarding this enigma. In the framework, consciousness is passive albeit essential. Without consciousness, there would not be adaptive skeletomotor action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,San Francisco State University,San Francisco,CA 94132-4168morsella@sfsu.eduhttp://online.sfsu.edu/morsella/index.html.
authors.forename: Ezequiel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morsella
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology,Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta,GA 30318cgodwin9@gatech.eduhttp://control.gatech.edu/people/graduate/cgodwin/.
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Godwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Michigan,Ann Arbor,MI 48109-1043tkjantz@umich.eduhttp://prod.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/graduate-students/tkjantz.html.
authors.forename: Tiffany K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Jantz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,Mount Sinai Medical Center,New York,NY 10029-6574stephen.krieger@mssm.eduhttp://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/stephen-krieger.
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Krieger
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,University of California,San Francisco,San Francisco,CA 94158.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gazzaley
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*