Perceptual awareness negativity: a physiological correlate of sensory consciousness

Dembski, Cole; Koch, Christof; Pitts, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2021.05.009

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“…Förster et al ( 2020 ) and Dembski et al ( 2021 ) provided a detailed overview of the recent electrophysiological research on NCC. Both reviews concluded that a robust body of evidence supports the early Perceptual Awareness Negativity (PAN) as an ERP correlate of consciousness.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, while in this commentary we focus on discussing attention and consciousness in the visual domain, one of the key arguments of Dembski et al (2021) is that PAN is common across modalities -visual, auditory, and somatosensory -and can be observed in respective sensory cortices. Here we want to emphasize two points.…”

Section: Erp Markers Of Awareness and Attentionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because such a mechanism has so far not been proposed or investigated in the context of PAN, this might be considered a theoretical argument against early NCC in general, and PAN in particular. Förster et al (2020) and Dembski et al (2021) provided a detailed overview of the recent electrophysiological research on NCC. Both reviews concluded that a robust body of evidence supports the early Perceptual Awareness Negativity (PAN) as an ERP correlate of consciousness.…”

Section: Erp Markers Of Awareness and Attentionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, a growing body of evidence shows that becoming aware of a stimulus is reliably associated with a negative-going ERP component observed as early as 150–250 ms after the stimulus onset over the modality-specific sensory regions. Such awareness-related negative components have been found in visual, auditory, and somatosensory modalities, and therefore an overarching term Perceptual Awareness Negativity (PAN) has been recently proposed (Dembski et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recent progress in investigating the mechanisms of perceptual awareness using ERPs has been reviewed by Förster et al ( 2020 ) and Dembski et al ( 2021 ). Both reviews argue that there is enough evidence to falsify P3b as a marker of consciousness, and conclude that PAN is at present the best candidate for NCC.…”

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Perceptual Awareness Negativity—Does It Reflect Awareness or Attention?

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2021

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The metaphysical neutrality of cognitive science

Chen

Yoshimi

2023

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Progress in psychology and the cognitive sciences is often taken to vindicate physicalism and cast doubt on such extravagant metaphysical theses as dualism and idealism. The goal of this paper is to argue that cognitive science has no such implications—rather, evidence from cognitive science is largely (but not wholly) irrelevant to the mind-body problem. Our argument begins with the observation that data from cognitive science can be modeled by supervenience relations. We then show that supervenience relations are neutral, by showing how they can be coherently interpreted in physicalist, idealist, and dualist terms. We distinguish several types of supervenience relation, and show that each coheres better with some positions on the mind-body problem than the other. Since these variants of supervenience are not empirically equivalent, there is a possibility that data from cognitive science will end up supporting some positions on the mind-body problem more than others. It is in this sense that cognitive science is mostly, but not wholly, neutral.

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The Current of Consciousness: Neural Correlates and Clinical Aspects

Friedman

Turk

Budson

2023

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep

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Purpose of Review In this review, we summarize the current understanding of consciousness including its neuroanatomic basis. We discuss major theories of consciousness, physical exam-based and electroencephalographic metrics used to stratify levels of consciousness, and tools used to shed light on the neural correlates of the conscious experience. Lastly, we review an expanded category of ‘disorders of consciousness,’ which includes disorders that impact either the level or experience of consciousness. Recent Findings Recent studies have revealed many of the requisite EEG, ERP, and fMRI signals to predict aspects of the conscious experience. Neurological disorders that disrupt the reticular activating system can affect the level of consciousness, whereas cortical disorders from seizures and migraines to strokes and dementia may disrupt phenomenal consciousness. The recently introduced memory theory of consciousness provides a new explanation of phenomenal consciousness that may explain better than prior theories both experimental studies and the neurologist’s clinical experience. Summary Although the complete neurobiological basis of consciousness remains a mystery, recent advances have improved our understanding of the physiology underlying level of consciousness and phenomenal consciousness.

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Perceptual awareness negativity: a physiological correlate of sensory consciousness

Cited by 83 publications

References 128 publications

Perceptual Awareness Negativity—Does It Reflect Awareness or Attention?

Perceptual Awareness Negativity—Does It Reflect Awareness or Attention?

The metaphysical neutrality of cognitive science

The Current of Consciousness: Neural Correlates and Clinical Aspects

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