"The connectionist vehicle theory of phenomenal experience forces us to re-assess some common wisdom about consciousness. It suggests that instantaneous consciousness is not a single, monolithic state, but a complex amalgam of distinct and relatively independent phenomenal elements. Consequently, it also suggests that our ongoing consciousness is not a single stream, but a mass of tributaries running in parallel. And it suggests that we are conscious of a good deal more information at any one moment in time than theorists have traditionally supposed..."

A Connectionist Theory Of Phenomenal Experience
Gerard O'Brien and Jon Opie University of Adelaide 29.Mar.01
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