Modelling the brain processes of conscious states

Based on a precise definition of consciousness in terms of awareness and volition, a simple model is developed to simulate the essential activity of the conscious brain. The model is based on the concepts of cognitive science but is consistent with the known neuroanatomical structure of the primate cortex. Awareness and volition are identified with the gain and creation of information at the microscopic level in channels of the neural membrane, and a method is devised for the computer simulation of the quantum mechanical indeterminacy of these processes. A simple computer program is described and listed to simulate the cognitive processing of sensory data and the concomitant initiation and excecution of voluntary activity.