Separate neural definitions of visual consciousness and visual attention; a case for phenomenal awareness.
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society 2004 V A F Lamme
What is the relation between visual attention and visual awareness? It is difficult to imagine being aware of something without attending to it, and by some, visual consciousness is simply equated to what is in the focus of attention. However, findings from psychological as well as from neurophysiological experiments argue strongly against equating attention and visual consciousness. From these...