How rich is consciousness? The partial awareness hypothesis.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences July 1, 2010 Sid Kouider, Vincent De Gardelle, Jérôme Sackur et al. 477 citations
Current theories of consciousness posit a dissociation between 'phenomenal' consciousness (rich) and 'access' consciousness (limited). Here, we argue that the empirical evidence for phenomenal consciousness without access is equivocal, resulting either from a confusion between phenomenal and unconscious contents, or from an impression of phenomenally rich experiences arising from illusory...