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Is conscious content available only to the skeletal muscle system?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2016

Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065. [email protected]
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Abstract

I applaud Morsella et al.'s approach to investigate consciousness in terms of behavioral control. After all, the function of the brain is to control behavior, and consciousness contributes to the function of the brain. However, I question whether conscious content is available only to the skeletal muscle system, as the principle of parallel responses into skeletal muscle (PRISM) (Morsella 2005) proposes.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e183
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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