How Do Attention, Intention, and Consciousness Interact?

This talk will discuss how brain processes of attention, intention, and consciousness differ but interact. It will show how recent neural models that link brain processes to behavioral experiences clarify these interactions. The talk will, in particular, discuss some of the phenomena illustrating dissociations between attention and consciousness that were summarized in the article of Koch and Tsuchiya (2007). Supported in part by CELEST, an NSF Science of Learning Center (SBE-0354378) and by the SyNAPSE program of DARPA (HR0011-09-C-0001).

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