期刊
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
卷 36, 期 2, 页码 737-746出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.12.003
关键词
Neural correlates of consciousness; Conscious perception; Contrastive analysis
资金
- Max Planck Society
- Ernst Strungmann Foundation
- Estonian Scientific Competency Council [2717]
Solving the problem of consciousness remains one of the biggest challenges in modern science. One key step towards understanding consciousness is to empirically narrow down neural processes associated with the subjective experience of a particular content. To unravel these neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) a common scientific strategy is to compare perceptual conditions in which consciousness of a particular content is present with those in which it is absent, and to determine differences in measures of brain activity (the so called contrastive analysis). However, this comparison appears not to reveal exclusively the NCC, as the NCC proper can be confounded with prerequisites for and consequences of conscious processing of the particular content. This implies that previous results cannot be unequivocally interpreted as reflecting the neural correlates of conscious experience. Here we review evidence supporting this conjecture and suggest experimental strategies to untangle the NCC from the prerequisites and consequences of conscious experience in order to further develop the otherwise valid and valuable contrastive methodology. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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