Yoni Zion Amir

Experiencing without knowing? Empirical evidence for phenomenal consciousness without access.

Cognition September 1, 2023 Yoni Zion Amir, Yaniv Assaf, Yossi Yovel et al. 25 citations

Can one have a phenomenal experience to which one does not have access? That is, can you experience something without knowing? The dissociation between phenomenal (P) and access (A) consciousness is widely debated. A major challenge to the supporters of this dissociation is the apparent inability to experimentally demonstrate that P-without-A consciousness exists; once participants report...