Which model of consciousness posits that conscious content is highlighted and broadcast to other cognitive processes?

• A. Global Workspace Model
• B. Semantic Memory Model
• C. Subconscious Processing Model
• D. Reactive Control Theory

Answer: (A)

Conscious content is highlighted and broadcast to other cognitive processes.

In the Global Workspace Model, information becomes conscious when it is amplified and enters a central, integrative workspace. Once in this global workspace, the content is broadcast to a broad network of specialized modules—attention, memory, perception, decision making—so they can access, combine, and act on it. This broadcasting explains why certain thoughts can be reported, manipulated, and used to guide behavior, while information that doesn’t reach the workspace remains confined to local, unconscious processing.

The other options don’t capture this mechanism. A semantic memory framework deals with the organization and retrieval of knowledge, not the broad, conscious dissemination across cognitive systems. A subconscious processing view emphasizes information processing without conscious access. Reactive Control Theory centers on triggering control mechanisms in response to stimuli, not on broadcasting conscious content to multiple processes.