Is consciousness based in prefrontal circuits involved in cognitive processes like thought,
reasoning, and memory or is it based in sensory areas in the back of the neocortex? The no …

How consciousness (experience) arises from and relates to material brain processes (the
“mind-body problem”) has been pondered by thinkers for centuries, and is regarded as …

Philosopher Ned Block argues in this book that there is a" joint in nature" between
perception and cognition and that by exploring the nature of that joint, one can solve …

A major debate about the neural correlates of conscious perception concerns its cortical
organization, namely, whether it includes the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which mediates …

My thesis is: introspection is not a single process but a plurality of processes. It'sa plurality
both within and between cases: most individual introspective judgments arise from a …

Dysfunctional decision-making has been implicated in the positive and negative symptoms
of schizophrenia. Decision-making can be conceptualized within the framework of …

Perception results from the interplay of sensory input and prior knowledge. Despite
behavioral evidence that long-term priors powerfully shape perception, the neural …

Whether the prefrontal cortex is part of the neural substrates of consciousness is currently
debated. Against prefrontal theories of consciousness, many have argued that neural activity …

In the search for the neural correlates of consciousness, it has remained controversial
whether prefrontal cortex determines what is consciously experienced or, alternatively …

Theories of consciousness are often based on the assumption that a single, unified
neurobiological account will explain different types of conscious awareness. However …