Abstract

From a neurobiological standpoint, the question of consciousness centers on whether one or more structures in the brain play a role in the function of consciousness. That could be a single structure or brain area, or a network connecting different brain areas. Movements, sensations, emotions, vegetative regulations, all kinds of cognition and complex actions are localised in certain brain regions (frontal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, brainstem, cerebellum) and networks. These brain regions are basic common structures in all of mankind.