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Empirical support for higher-order theories of conscious awareness
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This work defends the higher-order view against several major criticisms, such as prefrontal activity reflects attention but not awareness, and prefrontal lesion does not abolish awareness.About:
This article is published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 580 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Electromagnetic theories of consciousness & Empirical research.read more
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Dynamics and monitoring of mind-wandering
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the dynamics and introspective monitoring of thoughts, by capitalizing on the salient and often unnoticed phenomenon of mind-wandering, which is the rise of thoughts about personal concerns.
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Comparing theories of consciousness: Object position, not probe modality, reliably influences experience and accuracy in object recognition tasks
TL;DR: This work introduces an experimental manipulation aiming to disentangle two prevalent positions: Rich views posit that people virtually represent the external world with unlimited capacity; Sparse views state that representations are reconstructed from expectations and information.
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Sweet Dreams Are Made of This? A HOT Response to Sebastián
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the higher-order theory must be committed to the anatomical claims exposing it to Sebastian's critique, and that even accepting the dream data as given, there is still enough brain activity present in the dreaming brain to vindicate higherorder claims.
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From Consciousness to Brain-Sign: a Neurobiological Reconstruction
TL;DR: By replacing the prescientific notion of consciousness, the theory of brain-sign can enable a scientific path for brain science.
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Dynamic capabilities and the knowledge nexus
Lisa Daniel,Fang Huang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose alternative ways to develop and leverage organisational knowledge by considering the nexus of data managed by information and communications technologies and the expertise of human capacity, which can be developed as a strategic organisational resource.
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Signal detection theory and psychophysics
David M. Green,John A. Swets +1 more
TL;DR: This book discusses statistical decision theory and sensory processes in signal detection theory and psychophysics and describes how these processes affect decision-making.
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What is it like to be a bat
TL;DR: Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable as mentioned in this paper, which is why current discussions of the problem give it little attention or get it obviously wrong.
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The Cognitive Neurosciences
TL;DR: The fourth edition of The Cognitive Neurosciences continues to chart new directions in the study of the biologic underpinnings of complex cognition -the relationship between the structural and physiological mechanisms of the nervous system and the psychological reality of the mind as discussed by the authors.
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The Neural Basis of Decision Making
TL;DR: This work focuses on simple decisions that can be studied in the laboratory but emphasize general principles likely to extend to other settings, including deliberation and commitment.