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Hollows of a science of consciousness?
(2010)
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 ...
Subjective and objective characteristics of altered consciousness during epileptic seizures
(Elsevier Inc, 2016-02)
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 ...
The theoretical and scientific problems of damasio’s conceptual model of consciousness
(2017-01-01)
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 ...
The Role of Sentience in the Theory of Consciousness and Medical Practice
(Imprint Academic, 2021-01-01)
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 ...
What is consciousness? Towards a preliminary definition
(2009-08-13)
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. ...
What is Consciousness? Towards a Preliminary Definition
(Imprint Academic, 2009-05-01)
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. ...
The signatures of conscious access and its phenomenology are consistent with large-scale brain communication at criticality
(Elsevier, 2017-10)
Conscious awareness refers to information processing in the brain that is accompanied by subjective, reportable experiences. Current models of conscious access propose that sufficiently strong sensory stimuli ignite a ...
Classical conditioning in the vegetative and minimally conscious state
(Nature Publishing Group, 2009-10)
Pavlovian trace conditioning depends on the temporal gap between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. It requires, in mammals, functional medial temporal lobe structures and, in humans, explicit knowledge of the ...