Conscious Neural Combo

How are neural combinations involved in the function of being conscious of cause and effect?

It seems plausible that all memories are stored in the brain as information, represented by neuron combinations, as I hypothesized in a recent post; Memory Information. When it comes to the process of using memories to be conscious of cause and effect, the combinations of neurons and synapses involved, seems to be quite a bit more complicated than simple saving and accessing of basic memories of sensory input. To be conscious of cause and effect, I’m assuming the function basically involves a minimum requirement of memory access of 2 factors and their interaction, as I further explained in a post from early last yr; Conscious Comprehension. 

For this process to function using neuron combinations, an individual would access the neuron combinations for (at least) 2 factors, a time period of the interaction of the factors, and the resulting effect on (at least) 1 of the factors. Memory of each factor could be saved as a sensory perception measurement, represented by neuron combinations. Then the time period of interaction could be saved as a sequential neuron combination representing changes in measurement. Therein, the resulting effect on a factor, would be a new measurement, represented by a neuron combination. For the effect of interaction to be saved as a memory, an overall combination of all these combinations must be saved. The minimum overall combination seems to be: the neuron combination for each factor, then a sequence of neuron combinations for 1 of the factors changing (while the 2 factors are interacting).

This overall combination seems that it would be a similar neural combo to a basic memory of an action occurring. A basic memory of sensory input of a time period of an action, would be a sequential neural combo representing the changing measurements perceived through senses. The difference between this process (of a basic memory of a time period), and the process for being conscious of the cause and effect of an interaction, may be the focus of neural combinations. 

In order for a memory of any factor to be relevant and effective, there needs to be a focus of a fairly accurate combination of neurons to represent the accuracy of that factor. When a factor is being perceived by the senses, there needs to be a focus on the factor, in order to save an accurate neuron combo, to represent the measurements of that factor. If an accurate enough combo is saved, then next time that specific combo is accessed in memory, an effective and accurate recognition is made of that factor. 

In the case of being conscious of the effect of interaction of 2 factors, there would be an accurate focus of neural access, for the combo of each factor. Each factor would previously have been saved as a neural combo, so that during the time of being conscious of the interaction, the focused neural combos for each factor would cause recognition. This new overall combo of the factors’ interaction would also then be saved as a new “conscious combo”. Each factor would still have a separate combo for recognizing only that factor, but these combos would also be connected to the conscious combo, which includes the interaction with another factor. If the conscious combo is triggered, then (as may be the process) the neural combos for both factors would be accessed, then the sequence representing the time period of interaction of the factors, and the resulting effect on at least 1 of the factors.

A basic subconscious memory of an action would not have the same focus of accuracy of neural combos representing factors, and each factor would not be saved as a separate combo for recognition. Since a basic memory does not have the focus on each factor involved in the interaction, the overall combo (of the factors interacting and the effect on 1 of the factors) will not be linked to the particular factors, for the potential to be triggered by either factor individually. 

Focused neural combos, representing separate factors within an interaction, seem to be quite relevant for the function of conscious memory access of cause and effect. Factors seem to require focus, for the potential of recognition of that factor and any effects to or from that factor which are relevant to the interaction.