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A double anniversary for the neural correlates of consciousness: Editorial introduction

Sascha Benjamin Fink

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences December 30, 2020 DOI: 10.33735/phimisci.2020.ii.85 (opens in new tab)

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Key findings The field of neural correlates of consciousness has developed substantially over the past three decades, prompting renewed examination of its conceptual, methodological, and empirical foundations.

Abstract

This special issue celebrates the double anniversary of the neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs): 30 years since the research programme for finding neural correlates of consciousness was brought back onto the scientific agenda and 20 years since the standard definition of an NCC was published in a seminal anthology. Here, we take up some of the conceptual, methodological, and empirical questions raised and take stock of how the field has developed since then.