Measuring away an attentional confound?

A recent fMRI study by Webb et al. (Cortical networks involved in visual awareness independent of visual attention, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016;113:13923–28) proposes a new method for finding the neural correlates of awareness by matching attention across awareness conditions. The experimental des...

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Autores principales: Morales, Jorge, Mouradi, Yasha, Sergent, Claire, Block, Ned, Taschereau-Dumouchel, Vincent, Rosenthal, David, Grimaldi, Piercesare, Lau, Hakwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30042850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nc/nix018
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Sumario:A recent fMRI study by Webb et al. (Cortical networks involved in visual awareness independent of visual attention, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016;113:13923–28) proposes a new method for finding the neural correlates of awareness by matching attention across awareness conditions. The experimental design, however, seems at odds with known features of attention. We highlight logical and methodological points that are critical when trying to disentangle attention and awareness.

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