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...