Consciousness as something that the brain learns to do
The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association September 11, 2019 Axel Cleeremans, Wen Wen
Starting from the radical idea that consciousness is something that the brain learns to do rather than a static property associated with some patterns of neural activity and not with others, I explore the links between theory of mind, self- awareness, and perceptual awareness. Considering first the link between self-awareness and perceptual awareness, I suggest, congruently with the...