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PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW
Volume 112, Issue 4, Pages 1000-1021Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.112.4.1000
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phenomenal states; function of consciousness; consciousness; awareness; cognitive processes
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- NIMH NIH HHS [F32 MH069083] Funding Source: Medline
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Discovering the function of phenomenal states remains a formidable scientific challenge. Research on consciously penetrable conflicts (e.g., pain-for-gain scenarios) and impenetrable conflicts (as in the pupillary reflex, ventriloquism, and the McGurk effect [H. McGurk & J. MacDonald, 1976]) reveals that these states integrate diverse kinds of information to yield adaptive action. Supramodular interaction theory proposes that phenomenal states play an essential role in permitting interactions among supramodular response systems-agentic, independent, multimodal, information-processing structures defined by their concerns (e.g., instrumental action vs. certain bodily needs). Unlike unconscious processes (e.g., pupillary reflex), these processes may conflict with skeletal muscle plans, as described by the principle of parallel responses into skeletal muscle (PRISM). Without phenomenal states, these systems would be encapsulated and incapable of collectively influencing skeletomotor action.
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