Conscious thoughts from reflex-like processes: a new experimental paradigm for consciousness research.
Consciousness and Cognition December 2013 Allison K Allen, Kevin Wilkins, Adam Gazzaley et al.
The contents of our conscious mind can seem unpredictable, whimsical, and free from external control. When instructed to attend to a stimulus in a work setting, for example, one might find oneself thinking about household chores. Conscious content thus appears different in nature from reflex action. Under the appropriate conditions, reflexes occur predictably, reliably, and via external...
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.08.007 (opens in new tab)
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