If a The function must correspond to a process in the brainWhat would that look like? If one is happy, it is an experience made possible by certain components of the brain, acting in certain ways. Same with other emotions and then memories and feelings. So, what are these ingredients, how do they do it? How do they differ one function from the next? How does the function work for itself? How is a function prioritized or given attention? How is a function controlled, like knowing when to speak or not? How is a function like peripheral vision or ambient sound possible without attention?
Difficulty with what is called consciousness as a problem is due to the word. Consciousness is not a neuroscience term. Consciousness is a philosophical term, but it is not a philosophical problem. Consciousness is a neuroscience problem.
In trying to solve consciousness, the direction should not be in philosophical terms, such as subjective experience or something else. But only to look at the brain, for functions and components, then make inferences from that.
What exactly is consciousness, in brain science?
Human consciousness can be defined as, Conceptually, as the interaction of electrical and chemical signalsSets — clusters of neurons — with their properties, grade those interactions into functions and experiences.
Simply put, for function to occur, electrical and chemical signals, in sets, must interact. However, the properties for these interactions are obtained by electrical and chemical signals during the interactions.
Thus, sets of electrical signals often have transient states or states where they interact (or strike) with sets of chemical signals, which also have transient states or states.
How so?
There is an article STAT, Researchers are betting on cockroaches as a cure for elitism in neuroscienceNoting that, “.. how the brain uses chemical and electrical signals to process and respond to the world.” It also states that, “..neurophysiologists work to understand how the nervous system uses chemical and electrical signals to respond to various situations or initiate a specific behavior.”
All brain functions, human life and experience, as established by empirically-supported neuroscience, involve the electrical and chemical signals of neurons. This means that anything that can be proposed about mental health and how consciousness works must be grounded in electrical and chemical signals.
Interaction and properties of electrical and chemical impulses
Interaction of electrical and chemical impulses Effective areas are obtained. What distinguishes them, mostly, are the qualities or states they are in during interactions.
These are properties that can be used to create variations of functions, for their specificity and range at each moment. Thus, a tabular memory is a specific configuration of electrical and chemical signals. Then, attention is paid to it, the intensity of the interaction of electrical signals, at that moment or the volume of chemical signals. Then subjectivity is the variation of volume from side to side. The intention or control, where available, is a space of constant diameter, in some set, etc. There is division of electrical signals. Electrical signals have sequence. There are thick and thin sets of chemical signals and so on.
Interactions can also start from an aspect of the set. Some sets may be angular etc. These properties define functions. so, Consciousness.
Psychology label
Control of memory, emotions, feelings and internal signals can be called major categories of function. Subdivisions include pain, thirst, hunger, thought, intelligence, language, pleasure, anger, injury, control of digestion, etc.
Attributes include focus or priority, awareness or pre-priority, subjectivity and intention.
Consciousness Those properties can be defined as Act on function. This means that functions are always possible, but it is the actions of properties that determine when and how they work.
It is the application of the properties of function that determines consciousness.
the language
Language is a function. It is found across sets of electrical and chemical signals. It is acted upon by qualities such as attention, awareness, subject and intention.
People use language to read, write, listen, speak, sign and sing. When language is used in these cases, they are either focused (or prioritized), or conscious (or pre-prioritized), or content and intent.
It is the same for the regulation of emotions, feelings and internal signals.
So, if human consciousness is compared to other mammals, how many functions are similar and how many characteristics? Then, since humans have language, Man can be said to be the highest total among otherswhich is equal to 1.
Now, for artificial intelligence with language, it is possible to compare functions and features within the reach of 1.
Thus AI has to explore for a fraction of consciousness. This postulation extends into Conceptual biomarkers and theoretical biological factors for psychological and intelligence nosology.
A.I
Large language models (LLMs) have no emotions or feelings. But they are good in language. This is the extent of their language abilities that can be compared to humans.
The way forward for this LLM, to measure them for sentiment.
There is a recent (April 20, 2026) report Edtech Innovation Hub, Google DeepMind hires its first philosopher as machine awareness advances agendaNoting that, “Henry Shevlin, associate director of the Center for the Future of Intelligence at Leverhulme University of Cambridge, is joining Google DeepMind in May as a philosopher, a role focused on machine awareness, human-AI relationships and AGI readiness.”
“His departure, on machine awareness, human-AI relationships and AGI readiness, reflects how seriously DeepMind is now tackling questions that were largely theoretical five years ago. The Leverhulme Center’s MST in AI Ethics and Society, which Shevlin co-leads, will have to absorb the reduced availability of expertise at a time when AI demand for higher education is growing.”
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