Figure 1.

Shows three separate conscious events in a graphic interpretation of alternative sources of “ignition” in the C-T core (Baars and Geld, 2019, p. 581). All three involve binding and broadcasting (“ignition”) in three cortical locations. Area V1 is the first visual projection area in the cortex, and has the proper resolution and contrast representation to resolve the light from a single star on a dark night. Parietal cortex serves to contextualize conscious objects in egocentric and allocentric space, as in a coffee cup. The third “ignition” is hypothesized to emerge in the prefrontal cortex, plausibly involving a Feeling of Knowing (FOK), such as is induced by a tip-of-the-tongue task. (The hippocampus is not considered here, but it plays a major role in conscious perception and memory formation). Reprinted with permission.