Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness
M. Michel, Diane M Beck, Ned Block, Hal Blumenfeld, Richard Brown, David Carmel, M. Carrasco, M. Chirimuuta, M. Chun, Axel Cleeremans, Stanislas Dehaene, S. Fleming, C. Frith, Patrick Haggard, Biyu J. He, C. Heyes, M. Goodale, Liz Irvine, M. Kawato, Robert W. Kentridge, J. King, Robert T. Knight, Sid Kouider, Victor A. F. Lamme, Dominique Lamy, Hakwan Lau, Steven Laureys, Joseph E LeDoux, Yingxi Lin, Ka-Yuet Liu, S. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, George A. Mashour, Lucia Melloni, Lisa J. Miracchi, M. Mylopoulos, Lionel Naccache, A. Owen, Richard E. Passingham, L. Pessoa, Megan A. K. Peters, Dobromir Rahnev, T. Ro, David Rosenthal, Y. Sasaki, Claire Sergent, G. Solovey, Nicholas D. Schiff, A. Seth, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, M. Tamietto, Frank Tong, S. Gaal, Alexandra Vlassova, Takeo Watanabe, J. Weisberg, K. Yan, Masatoshi Yoshida
Nature Human Behaviour February 1, 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0531-8 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Scientific research on consciousness is critical to multiple scientific, clinical, and ethical issues, and its growth could benefit neurology and mental health research. |
Abstract
Scientific research on consciousness is critical to multiple scientific, clinical, and ethical issues. The growth of the field could also be beneficial to several areas including neurology and mental health research. To achieve this goal, we need to set funding priorities carefully and address problems such as job creation and potential media misrepresentation.