PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Melanie Boly AU - Marcello Massimini AU - Naotsugu Tsychiya AU - Bradley R. Postle AU - Christof Koch AU - Giulio Tononi TI - Are the neural correlates of consciousness in the front or in the back of the cerebral cortex? Clinical and neuroimaging evidence AID - 10.1101/118273 DP - 2017 Jan 01 TA - bioRxiv PG - 118273 4099 - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/19/118273.short 4100 - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/19/118273.full AB - The role of the frontal cortex in consciousness remains a matter of debate. In this Perspective, we will critically review the clinical and neuroimaging evidence for the involvement of the front versus back of the cortex in specifying conscious contents and discuss promising research avenues.