Description: Theoretical Neurobiologist and originator of Global Workspace Theory, a theory of human cognitive architecture and consciousness.
Global Workspace Dynamics (GWD) is the most current version of GWT - attempting to take into account the complexities of the living brain. These updated works trace the beginnings of GWT/GWD through the continued rise of brain evidence and psychological understanding.
GWT provides a widely used framework for conscious and unconscious brain events, a set of explicit assumptions that can be tested, as many of them have been.
The best answer today is a ‘global workspace architecture ,’ first developed by cognitive modeling groups led by Alan Newell and Herbert A. Simon. The term “global workspace” comes from Artificial Intelligence, where it refers to a fleeting memory domain that allows for cooperative problem-solving by large collections of specialized programs. Some brain implications of the theory have been explored.