Often when there is no attention to an object, there is no conscious perception of it either,
leading some to conclude that conscious perception is an attentional phenomenon. There is …

Can one pay attention to objects without being conscious of them? Some years ago there
was evidence that had been taken to show that the answer is' yes'. That evidence was …

This paper looks at two puzzles raised by the phenomenon of inattentional blindness. First,
how can we see at all if, in order to see, we must first perceptually attend to that which we …

Christof Koch and Naotsugu Tsuchiya claim in a recent article [1] that 'top-down attention
and consciousness are distinct phenomena that need not occur together'. To support this …

In this chapter, I review some of what we know about the relationship between conscious
awareness and attention. I focus on visual attention and visual awareness and, in particular …

One of the most important issues concerning the foundations of conscious perception
centers on the question of whether perceptual consciousness is rich or sparse. The overflow …

Once upon a time, people thought that all perception was conscious. Indeed, it was widely
believed that all mental states are conscious, so the problem of explaining consciousness …

What is the relationship between attention and consciousness? Is there attention without
consciousness? Is there consciousness without attention? Or are attention and …

: In a recent paper, Christopher Mole (2008) argued in favour of the view that, according to
our commonsense psychology, while consciousness is necessary for attention, attention isn't …

Rich or Thin? * Page 1 59 Part 1: Siegel We see things. When we see things, they look a certain
way. The conscious aspects of seeing include things’ looking to us the way they do. These …