Scientific American Are the roots of consciousness hidden in the ancient deep brain? This article discusses the idea that the roots of consciousness may lie not only in the cerebral cortex, but also in evolutionarily older deep brain structures. While many traditional theories link consciousness to higher cortical processing, some researchers argue that subcortical regions such as the brainstem, thalamus, amygdala, and basal ganglia may support basic forms of subjective experience, emotion, and arousal. The article points to evidence such as emotional and responsive behaviors in children with severe cortical damage, as well as the possibility of primitive consciousness in animals with relatively simple brains. Overall, the article argues that consciousness research is increasingly reconsidering the role of deep brain systems, rather than focusing only on the cortex. scientificamerican.com/artic…

This view, know as computational functionalism, is taken as an obvious true by a large portion of the ML and CS communities But it has been progressively rejected by most people that actually study consciousness References below 👇🏽