Full Idea
Crick and Koch claim that visual consciousness is correlated with a 40Hz oscillation in layers five and six of the primary visual cortex.
Clarification
(That is Crick of 'Crick and Watson' fame - discoverers of the structure of DNA)
Gist of Idea
Is consciousness 40Hz oscillations in layers 5 and 6 of the visual cortex?
Source
Georges Rey (Contemporary Philosophy of Mind [1997], 2.1)
Book Reference
Rey,Georges: 'Contemporary Philosophy of Mind' [Blackwell 1997], p.42
A Reaction
Not many people seem to have been enthused by their proposal. The target is the NCC (Neural Correlate of Consciousness), but we would only accept that location if the 'oscillations' seemed in some way special.