Access is mainly a second-order process: SDT models whether phenomenally (first-order) conscious states are accessed by reflectively (second-order) conscious processes

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 561-564

  Snodgrass, Michael ^a   Kalaida, Natasha ^a   Samuel Winer, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access consciousness; Exclusion; Phenomenal consciousness; Reflective consciousness unconscious; SDT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 67349228877     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.01.003     Document Type: Note

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