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How does consciousness arise from unconscious matter? This is one of the great questions of neuroscience. But to investigate this point we must start from the beginning, that is, by asking ourselves: what is consciousness? What does it mean that a being is conscious? One of the most famous definitions dates back to a paper by the philosopher Thomas Nagel entitled "What is it like to be a bat?", it is an article from '74, but it offers a definition that is still used in neuroscience. What does it mean that a being is sentient? Are animals conscious? 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 Hello person! ☕ If you like my work and want to support me you can join the Laboratory https://it.tipeee.com/colazione/ 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 SOURCES Are There Levels of Consciousness? Tim Bayne et al., 2016 An adversarial collaboration to critically evaluate theories of consciousness, Cogitate Consortium et al, pre-print Are the Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the Front or in the Back of the Cerebral Cortex? Clinical and Neuroimaging Evidence. Melanie Boly et al., 2017 Brain organoids, consciousness, ethics and moral status. J.Jeziorski et al., 2023 Consciousness as a multidimensional phenomenon: implications for the assessment of disorders of consciousness. Jasmine Walter, 2021 Consciousness theory slammed as 'pseudoscience' — sparking uproar. Mariana Lenharo, 2023 Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State. Adrian M Owen et al., 2006 Dimensions of consciousness and the psychedelic state. Bayane and Carter, 2018 Do insects have an inner life? Animal consciousness needs a rethink. Mariana Lenharo, 2023 Making the hard problem of consciousness easier. Lucia Melloni et al., 2021 The consciousness wars: can scientists ever agree on how the mind works? Mariana Lenharo, 2024 The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyde... What Is Consciousness? Christof Koch, 2018 What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Nagel, 1974 Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness, Monti et al., 2010