You might be interested by the Sensorimotor Contingencies theory of O'Regan. Here's a summary [0]. I find it really convincing. He also wrote a book if you want

You might be interested by the Sensorimotor Contingencies theory of O'Regan. Here's a summary [0]. I find it really convincing. He also wrote a book if you want to go deeper in the subject (the final draft version is available on his website [1]). 0: http://www.whatfeelingislike.net/tiki-index.php?page=The+Sensorimotor+Approach+to+Consciousness http://www.whatfeelingislike.net/tiki-index.php?page=The+Sen... 1: http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/ http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/