Perceptual and contextual awareness: Methodological considerations in the search for the neural correlates of consciousness
Frontiers in Psychology September 16, 2014 Joaquin eNavajas, Hernan Gonzalo Rey, Rodrigo eQuian Quiroga
In the last decades, the neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs) have been explored using both invasive and non-invasive recordings by comparing the brain activity elicited by seen versus unseen visual stimuli (i.e., the contrastive analysis). Here, we review a selection of these studies and discuss a set of considerations to improve the search for the NCCs using the contrastive analysis. In...