Predictive coding is possibly one of the most influential, comprehensive, and controversial
theories of neural function. While proponents praise its explanatory potential, critics object …

Much research on the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) has focused on two evoked
potentials, the P3b and the visual or auditory awareness negativity (VAN, AAN). Surveying a …

Identifying neural correlates of conscious perception is a fundamental endeavor of cognitive
neuroscience. Most studies so far have focused on visual awareness along with trial-by-trial …

When does the mind begin? Infant psychology is mysterious in part because we cannot
remember our first months of life, nor can we directly communicate with infants. Even more …

In recent years, several ERP components have been identified as potential neural correlates
of consciousness (NCC), including early negativities and late positivities. Based on …

This study attempts to answer the question:“Is hearing the last to go?” We present evidence
of hearing among unresponsive actively dying hospice patients. Individual ERP (MMN, P3a …

It is well known that top–down expectations affect perceptual processes. Yet, remarkably
little is known about the relationship between expectations and conscious awareness. We …

How perception of sensory stimuli emerges from brain activity is a fundamental question of
neuroscience. To date, two disparate lines of research have examined this question. On one …

One theory of visual awareness proposes that electrophysiological activity related to
awareness occurs in primary visual areas approximately 200 ms after stimulus onset (visual …

Speech recognition crucially relies on slow temporal modulations (< 16 Hz) in speech.
Recent studies, however, have demonstrated that the long-delay echoes, which are …