Phenomenal awareness can emerge without attention

Affiliations

¹ Department Neurophysiology, Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research Frankfurt, Germany ; Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Cognitive Psychology, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Public Law, University of Tartu Tallinn, Estonia.
² Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Cognitive Psychology, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Public Law, University of Tartu Tallinn, Estonia.

Jaan Aru et al. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013.

. 2013 Dec 20:7:891.

doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00891. eCollection 2013.

¹ Department Neurophysiology, Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research Frankfurt, Germany ; Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Cognitive Psychology, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Public Law, University of Tartu Tallinn, Estonia.
² Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Cognitive Psychology, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Public Law, University of Tartu Tallinn, Estonia.

No abstract available

Keywords: afterimages; attention; awareness; consciousness; dreams; phenomenal consciousness; transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Comment on

The attentional requirements of consciousness.
Cohen MA, Cavanagh P, Chun MM, Nakayama K. Cohen MA, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Aug;16(8):411-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.06.013. Epub 2012 Jul 12. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012. PMID: 22795561
Response to Tsuchiya et al.: considering endogenous and exogenous attention. by Cohen, M. A., Cavanagh, P., Chun, M. M., and Nakayama, K. (2012b). Trends Cogn. Sci. 16, 528. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.09.002 doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.09.002
Top-down attention and consciousness: comment on Cohen et al.
Tsuchiya N, Block N, Koch C. Tsuchiya N, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Nov;16(11):527; author reply 528. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.09.004. Epub 2012 Sep 28. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012. PMID: 23026022 No abstract available.

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