Attention as a process of selection, perception as a process of representation, and phenomenal experience as the resulting process of perception being modulated by a dedicated consciousness mechanism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Bachmann, Talis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Attention; Consciousness; Mechanism of consciousness; Phenomenal experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867094375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00387     Document Type: Article

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