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Are the Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the Front or in the Back of the Cerebral Cortex? Clinical and Neuroimaging Evidence

Melanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Bradley R. Postle, Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi
Journal of Neuroscience 4 October 2017, 37 (40) 9603-9613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3218-16.2017
Melanie Boly
1Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705,
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53719,
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Marcello Massimini
3Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milan 20157, Italy,
4Instituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan 20148, Italy,
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Naotsugu Tsuchiya
5School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800 Victoria, Australia,
6Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800 Victoria, Australia,
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Bradley R. Postle
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53719,
7Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
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Christof Koch
8Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, Washington 98109
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Giulio Tononi
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53719,
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3218-16.2017
PubMed 
28978697
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History 
  • Received March 12, 2017
  • Revision received June 28, 2017
  • Accepted June 30, 2017
  • First published October 4, 2017.
  • Version of record published October 4, 2017.
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  1. Melanie Boly1,2,
  2. Marcello Massimini3,4,
  3. Naotsugu Tsuchiya5,6,
  4. Bradley R. Postle2,7,
  5. Christof Koch8, and
  6. Giulio Tononi2
  1. 1Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705,
  2. 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53719,
  3. 3Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milan 20157, Italy,
  4. 4Instituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan 20148, Italy,
  5. 5School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800 Victoria, Australia,
  6. 6Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800 Victoria, Australia,
  7. 7Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
  8. 8Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, Washington 98109
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Disclosures

    • Received March 12, 2017.
    • Revision received June 28, 2017.
    • Accepted June 30, 2017.
  • This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant 1R03NS096379 to M.B., the James S. McDonnell Scholar Award 2013 and the H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-RIA under agreement No. 686764 (Luminous Project) to M.M., the Templeton World Charity Foundation to N.T., National Institutes of Health Grant MH095984 to B.R.P., and the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation and the Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science (University of Wisconsin) to G.T.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to either Dr. Melanie Boly or Dr. Giulio Tononi, 6001 Research Park Boulevard, Madison WI 53719. boly{at}wisc.edu or gtononi{at}wisc.edu

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Melanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Bradley R. Postle, Christof Koch, Giulio Tononi
Journal of Neuroscience 4 October 2017, 37 (40) 9603-9613; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3218-16.2017

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Journal of Neuroscience 4 October 2017, 37 (40) 9603-9613; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3218-16.2017
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