Neuroscience of Consciousness
2023
Marek Havlík, Jaroslav Hlinka, M. Klírová et al.
Abstract Conscious experience represents one of the most elusive problems of empirical science, namely neuroscience. The main objective of empirical studies of consciousness has been to describe the minimal sets of neural events necessary for a specific neuronal state to become consciously experienced. The current state of the art still does not meet this objective but rather consists of highly...
April 1, 2021
T. Marvan, Marek Havlík
Abstract Predictive Processing theory, hotly debated in neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, promises to explain a number of perceptual and cognitive phenomena in a simple and elegant manner. In some of its versions, the theory is ambitiously advertised as a new theory of conscious perception. The task of this paper is to assess whether this claim is realistic. We will be arguing that the...
Frontiers in Psychology
May 10, 2019
Marek Havlík, Eva Kozáková, Jiřı́ Horáček
4 citations
Studies of consciousness have traditionally been based mainly upon the perceptual domains of consciousness. However, there is another side of consciousness, represented by various types of intrinsic conscious experiences. Even though intrinsic experiences can represent up to 50 percent of our conscious experiences, they are still largely neglected in conscious studies. We assume there are two...
Frontiers in Psychology
July 20, 2018
Marek Havlík, Karolína Mladá, Iveta Fajnerová et al.
3 citations
The elusive relationship between the mental domain and the physical brain, known as the mind-body problem, is still a hot topic of discussion among philosophers and neuroscientists. Rather than solving this problem, our pilot study addresses the question as to whether personality features could influence intuitions of the mind-body problem, or more precisely, whether it is possible to identify...
Frontiers in Psychology
2017
Marek Havlík, Eva Kozáková, Jiří Horáček
In this review, we deal with two central questions of consciousness how and why, and we outline their possible future development. The question how refers to the empirical endeavor to reveal the neural correlates and mechanisms that form consciousness. On the other hand, the question why generally refers to the "hard problem" of consciousness, which claims that empirical science will always...