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global workspace theory

a theory suggesting that consciousness involves the distribution of information processed in and recruited from specialized, nonconscious parts of the brain; this is widely broadcast to other parts of the brain (i.e., the global workspace) wherein the information is then made consciously accessible. [originated by U.S. psychologist Bernard J. Baars (1946–   )]

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anabolism

n. see metabolism. —anabolic adj.