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What makes a conscious process conscious?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2014

Max Velmans
Max Velmans*
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/velmans/
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Abstract

Newell & Shanks' (N&S's) critical review considers only a very limited sense in which mental processes can be thought of as either conscious or unconscious and consequently gives a misleading analysis of the role of consciousness in human information processing. This commentary provides an expanded analysis of conscious processing that also reveals the various ways in which mental processes are unconscious.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 43 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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