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Neural Theories of Conscious Visual Awareness

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2007, v.19 no.3, pp.187-199
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2007.19.3.001

Abstract

Conscious awareness occupies the central focus of our visual experiences. Nevertheless, questions on the role and the importance of consciousness in visual perception had long been neglected by psychologists and neuroscientists, mainly due to the subjective nature of conscious visual experiences. However, the last several decades have witnessed a burgeoning of empirical approaches to the study of conscious visual awareness. The current work is theoretical background behind the previous review on psychophysical conditions to manipulate conscious visual awareness. This work reviews theories of visual awareness and its neural correlates. It also discusses the confusion between attention and awareness which remains a major challenge for research on the neural correlates of conscious visual awareness. This review will set the scope within which empirical studies of conscious visual awareness will be understood and performed.

keywords
의식, 시자각, 신경 기제, 주의, consciousness, visual awareness, neural correlates, attention

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