The Specious Present: a Neurophenomenology of Time Consciousness

Francisco J. Varela

URL: http://web.ccr.jussieu.fr/varela/human_consciousness/article02.html

Keywords: time, experience of present, temporality, neural dynamics, sequence stream, three-part structure of temporality, temporal consciousness as ultimate substrate of consciousness, Husserl, duration, unity, window of simultaneity, integration of sensory data with endogenous dynamics, scales of duration, fusion interval of sensory systems, micro-cognitive events, long-range integration, neuronal assemblies, reciprocal connections, sequential activation, dynamical network, transient phase-locking, couple oscillators, multi-stability, flow of consciousness, double intentionality