Consciousness science: real progress and lingering misconceptions

Affiliations

¹ Department of Philosophy, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: dave.carmel@ed.ac.uk.
³ Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
⁵ Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, and Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Psychology Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: hlau@psych.ucla.edu.
⁸ Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.

Comment

Ned Block et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;18(11):556-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.09.004. Epub 2014 Oct 4.

¹ Department of Philosophy, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: dave.carmel@ed.ac.uk.
³ Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
⁵ Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, and Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Psychology Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: hlau@psych.ucla.edu.
⁸ Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: attention; awareness; conscious and unconscious processing; consciousness; disorders of consciousness; metacognition.

Comment in

Response to Block et al.: first-person perspectives are both necessary and troublesome for consciousness science.
Paller KA, Suzuki S. Paller KA, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Nov;18(11):557-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.09.008. Epub 2014 Sep 30. Trends Cogn Sci. 2014. PMID: 25278369 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

The source of consciousness.
Paller KA, Suzuki S. Paller KA, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Aug;18(8):387-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.05.012. Epub 2014 Jul 9. Trends Cogn Sci. 2014. PMID: 25023451 Free PMC article.