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https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.19.883124v1). Processing in the form

of excitation waves may result in conscious integration of all information in a single inter­

ference image for the whole cortex. This is what we have simulated here. What can be seen

through the simulation are interference images, through interpenetrating neuronal excita­

tion waves. Simplified, the simulation assumes only two signals that directly interfere with

each other. Detailed models are highly compatible with EEG and other data. The exact

proportion of non-locally processed information in the cerebrum is still unclear.

When we look at the wave pattern, we may be a little disappointed because the original

image is no longer recognizable. Instead, we only see a wave interference pattern, like on

a pond when several wave trains overlap: an interference image. But that’s not so surpris­

ing, because that’s exactly what we did to capture the image. To make the original image

we wanted to store visible again, we now have to beam the carrier background wave onto

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15.1  Modular Construction Leads to Ever New Properties – Up to Consciousness