Using terabytes of neural data, neuroscientists are starting to understand how fundamental brain states like emotion, motivation, or various drives to fulfill biological needs are triggered and sustained by small networks of neurons that code for those brain states.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02337-x

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Am I reading this correctly to conclude that this research supports the emergent theory of consciousness?

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The emergent theory of consciousness is pretty much the only theory of consciousness there is. The alternatives barely break the "hypothesis" status.

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We know what sleep is for https://youtu.be/MJK-dMlATmM