The higher-order theory (HOT) of consciousness has often been misunderstood by critics.
Here, we clarify its position on several issues, and distinguish it from other views, such as …

Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of
establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable …

Many emotional stimuli are processed without being consciously perceived. Recent
evidence indicates that subcortical structures have a substantial role in this processing …

Making inferences from partial information constitutes a critical aspect of cognition. During
visual perception, pattern completion enables recognition of poorly visible or occluded …

An analysis of response latencies shows that when an image is presented to the visual
system, neuronal activity is rapidly routed to a large number of visual areas. However, the …

When we attempt to fix our gaze, our eyes nevertheless produce so-called'fixational eye
movements', which include microsaccades, drift and tremor. Fixational eye movements …

Conventional approaches to understanding consciousness are generally concerned with
the contribution of specific brain areas or groups of neurons. By contrast, it is considered …

Expert video game players often outperform non-players on measures of basic attention and
performance. Such differences might result from exposure to video games or they might …

Our eyes continually move even while we fix our gaze on an object. Although these
fixational eye movements have a magnitude that should make them visible to us, we are …

Embryonal tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) represent a heterogeneous group
of tumours about which little is known biologically, and whose diagnosis, on the basis of …