How rich is consciousness? The partial awareness hypothesis

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 301-307

  Kouider, Sid ^a   de Gardelle, Vincent ^a   Sackur, Jérôme ^a   Dupoux, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MECHANISMS; CURRENT THEORIES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; REFRAMING;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; THEORY OF MIND;

AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77954027644     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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