Does consciousness overflow cognitive access? Novel insights from the new phenomenon of attribute amnesia.
Science China. Life sciences June 1, 2021 Yingtao Fu, Wenchen Yan, Mowei Shen et al.
The moment we open our eyes, we experience a rich and detailed visual world, but the amount of information available to report is rather limited. This dissociation relates to a major debate regarding the nature of visual consciousness. The overflow argument suggests that our conscious experience is quite rich and far beyond what can be reported, standing in sharp contrast to the no-overflow...