Reconciling current approaches to blindsight.
Morten Overgaard, Jesper Mogensen
Consciousness and Cognition March 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.003 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Blindsight Brain injury Consciousness Ref-con |
| Key points | Argues that both the view of blindsight as an ideal phenomenon for studying neural correlates of consciousness and the view that it is degraded vision fail to account for all existing evidence. Proposes two criteria for an adequate model of blindsight and suggests the REF-CON model may meet them. |
Abstract
After decades of research, blindsight is still a mysterious and controversial topic in consciousness research. Currently, many researchers tend to think of it as an ideal phenomenon to investigate neural correlates of consciousness, whereas others believe that blindsight is in fact a kind of degraded vision rather than "truly blind". This article considers both perspectives and finds that both have difficulties understanding all existing evidence about blindsight. In order to reconcile the perspectives, we suggest two specific criteria for a good model of blindsight, able to encompass all evidence. We propose that the REF-CON model (Overgaard & Mogensen, 2014) may work as such a model.
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