Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of
establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable …

Ability in various cognitive domains is often assessed by measuring task performance, such
as the accuracy of a perceptual categorization. A similar analysis can be applied to …

WINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE From the acclaimed author of Reading in the Brain
and How We Learn, a breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness …

Highlights•Most of the brain's early computations can be performed in a non-conscious
mode.•Conscious perception results in an amplification, propagation and integration of brain …

Decision-making involves the selection of one out of many possible courses of action. A
decision may bear on other decisions, as when humans seek a second medical opinion …

Sense of agency refers to the feeling of controlling an external event through one's own
action. On one influential view, agency depends on how predictable the consequences of …

Sense of agency refers to the feeling of controlling one's own actions, and, through these
actions, events in the outside world. Sense of agency is widely held to involve a …

This paper disentangles cognitive and communicative factors influencing planning
strategies in the everyday task of choosing a route to a familiar location. Describing the way …

Here we review studies on the complexity and strength of unconscious information
processing. We focus on empirical evidence that relates awareness of information to …

Different theories explain how subjective experience arises from brain activity,. These
theories have independently accrued evidence, yet, confirmation bias and dependence on …