Some Recent Developments in the Neurobiology of Consciousness
Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 1970 G. Berlucchi
Consciousness is an ill-defined philosophical and psychological concept which has been traditionally eschewed by biology and by the neurosciences in particular. The difficulty to identify objective behavioral criteria for consciousness, the diffidence against introspection as a reliable means of scientific knowledge, and the separation between conscious and unconscious processes as a threat to...