La evolución de la conciencia: Filogenia, ontogenia y su surgimiento a partir de la anestesia general



Título del documento: La evolución de la conciencia: Filogenia, ontogenia y su surgimiento a partir de la anestesia general
Revue: Ludus vitalis
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000405023
ISSN: 1133-5165
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1University of Michigan, Departamento de Anestesiología y Neurocirugía, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Estados Unidos de América
2University of California, La Jolla, California. Estados Unidos de América
Año:
Volumen: 21
Número: 40
Paginación: 53-77
País: México
Idioma: Español
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés Are animals conscious? If so, when did co nsciousness evolve? We address these long-standing and essential questions using a modern neuroscientific approach that draws on diverse fields such as consciousness studies, evolutionary neurobiology, animal psychology, and anesthesiology. We propose t hat the stepwise emergence from general anesthesia can serve as a reproducible mode l to study the evolution of conscious - ness across various species and use current data fr om anesthesiology to shed light on the phylogeny of consciousness. Ultimately, we conclude that the neurobiological structure of the vertebrate central nervous system is evoluti onarily ancient and highly conserved across species and that the basic neurophysiologic mechanisms supporting conscious - ness in humans are found at the earliest points of vertebrate brain evolution. Thus, in agreement with Darwin’s insight and the recent “Cam bridge Declaration on Conscious - ness in Non-Human Animals,” a review of modern scie ntific data suggests that the differences between species in terms of the ability to experience the world is one of degre e and not kind
Disciplinas: Filosofía,
Biología,
Psicología
Palabras clave: Filosofía de la ciencia,
Zoología,
Evolución y filogenia,
Desarrollo psicológico,
Filosofía de la mente,
Ontogenia,
Conciencia,
Animales
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