The higher-order view does not require consciously self-directed introspection: Response to Malach

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 508-509

  Lau, Hakwan ^a,b   Rosenthal, David ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; INTROSPECTION; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 82455171894     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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