Codons of Consciousness : Neurological 3 Characteristics of Ordinary and Pathological 4 States of Consciousness 5

6 Abstract It may eventually be possible to identify completely the temporal 7 sequences of electrical microstates that underlie consciousness. From these “codons 8 of consciousness” a DNA-like mathematical model of normal sequencing of the 9 “atoms of thought” could be constructed and matched to subjective experience and 10 behaviour. This would allow the prediction of thought and behaviour from the 11 building blocks of consciousness. Having an intimate knowledge of the sequencing 12 of units of consciousness may allow abnormal patterns of behaviour to be identified 13 even in early childhood and appropriate corrective treatments to be developed. The 14 development of this research may result in treatments for the main pathological 15 problems that trouble all human kind.