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Atkinson AP, Thomas MS, Cleeremans A. Consciousness: mapping the theoretical landscape. Trends Cogn Sci. 2000;4(10):372-382doi: 10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01533-3.
Atkinson, A. P., Thomas, M. S., & Cleeremans, A. (2000). Consciousness: mapping the theoretical landscape. Trends in cognitive sciences, 4(10), 372-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01533-3
Atkinson, et al. "Consciousness: mapping the theoretical landscape." Trends in cognitive sciences vol. 4,10 (2000): 372-382. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01533-3
Atkinson AP, Thomas MS, Cleeremans A. Consciousness: mapping the theoretical landscape. Trends Cogn Sci. 2000 Oct 01;4(10):372-382. doi: 10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01533-3. PMID: 11025280.
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Trends Cogn Sci. 2000 Oct 01;4(10):372-382. doi: 10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01533-3.

Consciousness: mapping the theoretical landscape.

Trends in cognitive sciences

Atkinson, Thomas, Cleeremans

Affiliations

  1. The Psychology Dept, King Alfred's College, Sparkford Road, Winchester, SO22 4NR. tel: +44 1962 827455 fax: +44 1962 827437, Hampshire, UK

PMID: 11025280 DOI: 10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01533-3

Abstract

What makes us conscious? Many theories that attempt to answer this question have appeared recently in the context of widespread interest about consciousness in the cognitive neurosciences. Most of these proposals are formulated in terms of the information processing conducted by the brain. In this overview, we survey and contrast these models. We first delineate several notions of consciousness, addressing what it is that the various models are attempting to explain. Next, we describe a conceptual landscape that addresses how the theories attempt to explain consciousness. We then situate each of several representative models in this landscape and indicate which aspect of consciousness they try to explain. We conclude that the search for the neural correlates of consciousness should be usefully complemented by a search for the computational correlates of consciousness.

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