[Verse 1] Deep in your skull there's a broadcasting station Frontoparietal network runs the operation When signals compete for the global spotlight One representation wins, ignites the night Baars called it workspace, Dehaene proved the flow Information gets broadcast to regions below From local computation to system-wide access That's how your brain handles cognitive success [Chorus] Global workspace theory, information takes the stage Ignition spreads the message across the neural page Multiple-demand network flexibly recodes Prefrontal cortex guides where activation goes Working memory holds it, but how we don't know yet Persistent firing versus synaptic reset Consciousness emerges when the broadcast is complete Global access makes your reasoning compete [Verse 2] Duncan mapped the multiple-demand terrain Frontoparietal regions that flexibly maintain Whatever task you're facing, they reconfigure fast Separate from language, their coding can outlast Domain-general reasoning, the brain's Swiss army knife These networks switch their function throughout your mental life While Broca handles grammar and visual cortex sees MD system tackles any cognitive keys [Chorus] Global workspace theory, information takes the stage Ignition spreads the message across the neural page Multiple-demand network flexibly recodes Prefrontal cortex guides where activation goes Working memory holds it, but how we don't know yet Persistent firing versus synaptic reset Consciousness emerges when the broadcast is complete Global access makes your reasoning compete [Bridge] Miller and Cohen mapped prefrontal control Top-down biasing signals play the guiding role But working memory's mechanism sparks debate intense Goldman-Rakic said persistent, Stokes said activity-silent Both camps have evidence, the jury's still out What keeps information active without a doubt? [Verse 3] Conscious report links to global broadcast waves Though scientists dispute what that connection saves The workspace makes selected thoughts available wide So different brain modules can use what's inside From sensory fragments to unified thought Global ignition determines what gets caught In the spotlight of awareness, ready to deploy For flexible reasoning your mind can employ [Chorus] Global workspace theory, information takes the stage Ignition spreads the message across the neural page Multiple-demand network flexibly recodes Prefrontal cortex guides where activation goes Working memory holds it, but how we don't know yet Persistent firing versus synaptic reset Consciousness emerges when the broadcast is complete Global access makes your reasoning compete
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