Attempts to decode what has become known as the (singular) neural correlate of
consciousness (NCC) suppose that consciousness is a single unified entity, a belief that …

Some human patients with lesions to their primary visual (striate) cortex (V1) demonstrate
residual visual capacity, but without acknowledged perceptual awareness. This …

Neuroimaging studies have shown differential amygdala responses to masked (“unseen”)
emotional stimuli. How visual signals related to such unseen stimuli access the amygdala is …

This book updates the Dual Coding Theory of mind (DCT), a theory of modern human
cognition consisting of separate but interconnected nonverbal and verbal systems. Allan …

The phenomenon ofconsciousness' is intrinsically related to one's awareness of one's self,
of time, and of the physical world. What, then, can be learned about consciousness from …

Much is known about the pathways from photoreceptors to higher visual areas in the brain.
However, how we become aware of what we see or of having seen at all is a problem that …

Blindsight is a neuropsychological condition defined by residual visual function following
destruction of primary visual cortex. This residual visual function is almost universally held to …

Consciousness has a number of apparently disparate properties, some of which seem to be
highly complex and even inaccessible to outside observation. To place these properties …

By using a paradigm based on metacontrast masking, we created experimental conditions in
which the subjective report of consciousness differs but the objectively measured ability to …

Patient GY is able to discriminate emotional facial expressions presented in his blind (right)
hemifield despite an extensive lesion of the corresponding (left) striate cortex. One proposal …