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Visual perception: an orderly cue for consciousness.

Vincent Walsh

Current biology : CB December 15, 2009 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.034 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that the subjective experience of temporal order can be illusory, suggesting that our impressions of sequence are not always accurate.

Abstract

Our subjective experience of the order in which things happens feels secure to us: C follows B follows A. This impression of order is simply that, an impression. A recent study shows that our impressions can sometimes be illusory.