Global Workspace Theory (GWT) is a cognitive theory which proposes that our conscious experience is the result of the distributed processing and communication of information between many specialized modules in the brain. It suggests that the integration of neural activities across several brain networks form the basis of conscious experience. The theory further proposes that consciousness is experienced when information is broadcasted from its component specialized areas to the ‘global workspace’, a cognitive hub or store, located within the prefrontal cortex.

See also: emergence, evolution, evolutionary computing, game theory, integral theory