Step 3: Calculate the boundaries of the PCC
The third step is to employ these principles to calculate the boundary
of the PCC by calculating the distance, from the approximate center of
the PCC, that resonating influences can travel within the relevant
frequency cycles. This will be an iterative process because conclusions
about the approximate center of the PCC will change with each
measurement. Accordingly, this heuristic will follow a generally
Bayesian logic of increasingly accurate iterations without any final
“correct” answer.
Components of the PCC that are within the spatial boundary formed by
this speed limit are included in the CC, in each iteration at time t , and those that are outside are not perceived and thus are not
included in that moment of consciousness. Equation 1 describes this
simple formalism.
Eq. 1: xc = v/f
which becomes: xc = (m/s)/(cycle/s)
which becomes: xc = m/cycle
Accordingly, the distance from the center of the resonating structure to
the furthest edge of the same resonating structure, in each direction
and in each cycle (xc), is the velocity (v) of the
specific resonance chain (i.e., energy/information pathway, or causal
interaction) divided by the frequency (f, Hz, or cycles per second).
Figure 2 illustrates this step in human neocortex, which is postulated
to be connected over its extent by long-range synchrony (e.g. gamma
synchrony is the most commonly observed long-range synchrony in mammal
cortex).