Islands of Awareness or Cortical Complexity?

Keywords: consciousness; islands of awareness; cortical complexity EN consciousness islands of awareness cortical complexity 545 546 2 07/25/20 20200801 NES 200801 Bayne et al. (2020) [1] envision the fascinating possibility that disconnected hemispheres (through hemispherotomy), ex cranio brains, and cerebral organoids may be islands of awareness (IOAs). Perhaps Bayne et al.[1] do not refer to subjective experience when speaking about consciousness in IOAs. Even if we accept the possibility of reducing consciousness to a certain measure of cortical complexity, we are still faced with the problem of defining a set of values consistent with consciousness. [Extracted from the article]