AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The neural correlates of consciousness have been defined as the minimal neural mechanisms that are together necessary and sufficient for experiencing any conscious percept (Crick and Koch, 1990). As we have seen, consciousness is a process that unfolds along two dimensions (wakefulness and phenomenal contents).

Detailed explanation-2: -an association between a physical occurrence in the nervous system and a mental state or event. In the cerebellum, for example, the neural correlate of fear memory is provided by a long-term potentiation of the excitatory synapses between the parallel fibers and the Purkinje cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -The neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) refer to the relationships between mental states and neural states and constitute the minimal set of neuronal events and mechanisms sufficient for a specific conscious percept.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cortex of each part of the brain plays an important role in the production of consciousness, especially the prefrontal and posterior occipital cortices and the claustrum.