The scope of human consciousness includes states departing from what most of us experience as ordinary wakefulness. These altered states of consciousness constitute a prime opportunity to study how global changes in brain ...

I consider Nixon’s essay a well thought discussion of the possibility of a genuine science of consciousness. Most of the sections are worth discussing, but to find the main message it may be necessary to read between the ...

BACKGROUND: Conscious states are inner states and processes of awareness. These states are by definition subjective. METHODS: We analyzed subjective and objective characteristics of alteration of consciousness (AOC) during ...

Here I assess Damasio’s conceptual model of consciousness based mainly on the concepts of emotion, feeling, and consciousness by analyzing its conceptual implications and its theoretical and scientific problems. One of the ...

What happens when consciousness fails to reach its full and supposedly “higher” level? How much consciousness must one have in order to be recognized as being “conscious”? Could we say that if an individual does not meet ...

What happens when consciousness fails to reach its full and supposedly “higher” level? How much consciousness must one have in order to be recognized as being “conscious”? Could we say that if an individual does not meet ...

In this target paper, I focus on the concept of sentience in relation to the theory of consciousness and to practice in the medical sciences, neurology, and psychiatry, regarding both diagnostics and therapy. Following ...

There is little or no general agreement about what researchers should focus on when studying consciousness. The most active scientific studies often use the methods of Cognitive Neuroscience and focus mainly on vision. ...

There is little or no general agreement about what researchers should focus on when studying consciousness. The most active scientific studies often use the methods of Cognitive Neuroscience and focus mainly on vision. ...

There is little or no general agreement about what researchers should focus on when studying consciousness. The most active scientific studies often use the methods of Cognitive Neuroscience and focus mainly on vision. ...