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Consciousness is more than wakefulness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Alain Morin
Alain Morin
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, T3E 6K6 Canada. [email protected]://www2.mtroyal.ab.ca/~amorin/
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Abstract

Merker's definition of consciousness excludes self-reflective thought, making his proposal for decorticate consciousness not particularly ground-breaking. He suggests that brainstem sites are neglected in current theories of consciousness. This is so because broader definitions of consciousness are used. Split-brain data show that the cortex is important for full-blown consciousness; also, behaviors exhibited by hydranencephaly patients and decorticated rats do not seem to require reflective consciousness.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 99
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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