A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness
- ISBN-10
- 0521427436
- ISBN-13
- 9780521427432
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-07-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Bernard J. Baars
Description
Bernard Baars suggests a way to specify empirical constraints on a theory of consciousness by contrasting well-established conscious phenomena with comparable unconscious ones, such as stimulus representations known to be preperceptual, unattended or habituated. By adducing data to show that consciousness is associated with a kind of workplace in the nervous system, Baars helps clarify the problem.
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