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This chapter describes recent findings indicating that the binding and synchronization of distributed neural activities that enable information integration are crucial to the mechanism of consciousness, and there is increased evidence that disrupted binding and information integration produce disintegration of consciousness in various neuropsychiatric disorders. These disturbed interactions produce patterns of temporal disorganization with decreased functional connectivity that may underlie specific perceptual and cognitive states. Together, these findings suggest that the process of neural or cognitive unbinding might influence more irregular neural states with higher complexity, and negatively affect information integration in the brain, which may cause disintegrated conscious experience, a decreased mental level or the loss of consciousness.

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Bob, P. (2012). Consciousness and Functional Connectivity. In: Brain, Mind and Consciousness. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0436-1_3

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