The Presence of Consciousness in Absence Seizures

Autor: Tim Bayne
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Behavioural Neurology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 47-53 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0953-4180
1875-8584
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0318
Popis: This paper examines three respects in which the study of epileptic absence seizures promises to inform our understanding of consciousness. Firstly, it has the potential to bear on debates concerning the behavioural and cognitive functions associated with consciousness. Secondly, it has the potential to illuminate the relationship between background states (or ‘levels’) of consciousness and the contents of consciousness. Thirdly, it has the potential to bear on our understanding of the unity of consciousness.
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