Fig. 3.

Abnormalities in the two main components of the “stream of consciousness,” “sensible continuity,” and “continuous change” (upper part) depend supposedly on duration of the phases of the low-frequency fluctuations in the brain’s abnormal neural activity during both resting state and stimulus-induced activity (lower part) in schizophrenia. Reduced “continuous change” on the phenomenal level of consciousness is related to the decreased temporal flow of neural activity across different discrete points in time (middle left), although reduced “sensible continuity” may corresponds to the increased temporal continuity of neural activity (middle right). Dysbalance between temporal continuity and temporal flow of neural activity that are already present in the brain’s intrinsic activity in schizophrenia are central in constituting decreased “sensible continuity” and “continuous change” in the “stream of consciousness” which leads to abnormal predominance of internal contents and temporal fragmentation in conscious experience.