🐦🧠 Solving the 'Multidimensional Consciousness' Mystery: The ALARM Theory

🐦🧠 Solving the 'Multidimensional Consciousness' Mystery: ALARM Theory and Intelligence Hidden in the Bird Brain!

Scientists are searching for answers to why complex levels of consciousness evolved in some, but not all, animals; a recent study suggests:

> Consciousness should not be seen as an all-or-nothing function, but as a gradual and multidimensional process 📈

1. 🚨 ALARM Theory: 3 Levels of Consciousness

The ALARM theory (proposed by Albert Newen and Carlos Montemayor) classified the main phenomena of phenomenal consciousness into 3 levels, to explain the differences of consciousness:

* Level 1: Basic Arousal (Basic Awakening)

* Function: The foundation that puts the body in a state of "alarm" (ALARM) against potentially life-threatening dangers.

* Compare: Like the operation of an alarm sensitive to every movement.

* Level 2: General Alertness (General Alertness)

* Function: Enables animals to learn about new relationships, such as knowing that smoke comes from fire. 🔥

* Compare: is to learn causes and results, leading to the identification of complex scientific relationships.

* Level 3: Reflexive (Self-) Consciousness (reflex consciousness / self-consciousness)

* Function: The most complex level, which evokes the concept of "self" linked to the past and future.

* Exclusive: It is not limited to the perception of one's surroundings, but to the conscious registration of one's own aspects.

2. 🧠 Bird Brain Secrets: NCL and Flexible Connectivity

Studies in birds by Onur Güntürkün and Gianmarco Maldarelli show that animals with brain structures different from us can achieve high levels of consciousness!

* Different architecture: Instead of having a prefrontal cortex like in humans (which is responsible for high-level functionality), birds have a section called Nidopallium Caudolaterale, or NCL.

* Key: Researchers point out that NCL has extremely extensive connections, allowing the brain to integrate and process information flexibly. The connectome of the bird's frontal brain has many similarities to mammals. 🕊️

🐔 "self-consciousness" evidence in male chickens!

The poultry we commonly see, such as pigeons and roosters, also score surprisingly high on the consciousness gauge!

The "Mirror-Audience Test" experiment:

* The rooster will sound a friend's alarm when he sees a bird of prey, but will not warn when alone.

* When the obstacle is turned into a mirror 🪞, the test rooster will not sound the alarm on the other side of the mirror (even if the friend is there).

✅ Conclusion: This action indicates that the rooster can distinguish between himself and other members of the same species, a clear sign of self-consciousness!

Summary of key findings:

These results reinforce the evidence that consciousness may exist in many parts of the animal kingdom, despite their remarkably different brain structures! The world of animal thought continues to be an exciting mystery for us to find!

What level of consciousness do you think your pet has? 🤔 Comment, let's tell you a little!

# Consciousness # ALARM theory # Brain science # All around knowledge # Bird brain# NCL # Roosters