The transformation of neuronal activity into conscious experience: the syntergic theory

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‘Reality’ can be conceived of as an undifferentiated energetic matrix. By means of the brain, this matrix is converted into neuronal activity and experience. This paper explores the manner in which human experience occurs by analyzing the characteristics of information present in space, the events associated with brain activity, and the interaction between the two. Human experience is considered to constitute or ‘exist in’ a dimension different from that which is related to the localized physiological activity of the brain. Between cerebral electrochemical changes and the experiences themselves of light, sound, love, fear, etc., energetic transformations of a qualitative nature must take place. These postulated transformations are discussed and a new theory (the syntergic theory) concerning the creation of experience is presented.

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