Wandering thoughts about consciousness, the brain, and the commentary system of Larry Weiskrantz

¹Università di Verona and National Institute of Neuroscience, Italy.

|October 13, 2017

Abstract:

Larry Weiskrantz has always pursued a keen interest in consciousness in humans and other animals by performing clever experiments and proposing clever ideas. In this rather idiosyncratic essay I selectively review some old and new evidence on real and apparent losses of consciousness in humans, new means that allow the human brain to expose its conscious awareness directly, and experiments on animals that may bridge their consciousness with that of humans.

Keywords:

Animal consciousness Brainstem sections hippocampus Human consciousness Locked-in syndrome

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