Dissecting visual awareness with FMRI.
The Neuroscientist October 2013 DOI: 10.1177/1073858413485988 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Awareness Consciousness FMRI Interocular suppression Vision |
| Key findings | The review highlights recent fMRI and behavioral studies on the neuronal underpinnings of awareness in higher-order and early visual cortex. It emphasizes that all such explorations depend on some kind of report, a measurement problem that pertains to every study summarized. |
Abstract
In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the scientific study of perceptual awareness, or synonymously, the contents of consciousness. By many standards, the field of consciousness research is in a phase of unprecedented productivity and progress, with high-impact publications, popular science books, specialized journals, dedicated academic societies, scientific conferences, and, above all, competing cognitive and neurobiological theories of consciousness . In the present review, I highlight a selection of recent fMRI and related behavioral studies that examine the neuronal underpinnings of awareness in higher order and early visual cortex. After the introduction, I also provide a brief overview of the crucial problem of measurement, that is, the fact that any exploration of consciousness depends on some kind of report, which pertains to all studies summarized in this review.
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