Ephaptic synchronization as a mechanism for selective amplification of stimuli

Abstract

We propose a mechanism for the function of choice in attention and awareness, whereby we refer to the faculty which allows the organism to choose the more significant events from a field of possibilities. We show how ephaptic coupling between sensory neurons in say, the olfactory system, allows for the choice of the information theoretically more significant events from the field of stimuli presented to the organism. We conclude that ephaptic coupling could have a role in organization of the information stored in and processed by the brain.