Dafni-Merom Amnon, Arzy Shahar
Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Medical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Department of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2023 Mar 1;36(1):48-53. doi: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000330.
Philosophical theories have attempted to shed light on the intricate relationships between consciousness and memory since long before this became a major theme in psychology and neuroscience. In the December 2022 issue of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology , Budson, Richman, and Kensinger (2022) introduced a comprehensive theoretical framework pertaining to the origins of consciousness in relation to the memory system, its implications on our real-time perception of the world, and the neuroanatomical correlates underlying these phenomena. Throughout their paper, Budson et al (2022) focus on their theory's explanatory value regarding several clinical syndromes and experimental findings. In this commentary, we first summarize the theory presented by Budson and colleagues (2022). Then, we suggest a complementary approach of studying the relationships between consciousness and memory through the concept of the human self and its protracted representation through time (so-called mental time travel). Finally, we elaborate on Budson and colleagues' (2022) neuroanatomical explanation to their theory and suggest that adding the concepts of brain networks and cortical gradients may contribute to their theory's interpretability.
早在意识与记忆的关系成为心理学和神经科学的一个主要主题之前，哲学理论就试图阐明它们之间错综复杂的关系。在《认知与行为神经病学》2022年12月的期刊中，巴德森、里奇曼和肯辛格（2022年）介绍了一个全面的理论框架，该框架涉及意识起源与记忆系统的关系、其对我们实时感知世界的影响以及这些现象背后的神经解剖学关联。在他们的论文中，巴德森等人（2022年）重点关注了他们的理论对几种临床综合征和实验结果的解释价值。在这篇评论中，我们首先总结巴德森及其同事（2022年）提出的理论。然后，我们提出一种补充方法，即通过人类自我的概念及其在时间上的长期表征（所谓的心理时间旅行）来研究意识与记忆之间的关系。最后，我们详细阐述巴德森及其同事（2022年）对其理论的神经解剖学解释，并认为增加脑网络和皮质梯度的概念可能有助于提高其理论的可解释性。
