Higher-order awareness, misrepresentation and function

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1594, 2012, Pages 1424-1438

  Rosenthal, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious awareness; Consciousness; Function of consciousnessi; Higher order theory; Metacognition; Misrepresentation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84859525635     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0353     Document Type: Article

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