It has been widely claimed that attention and awareness are doubly dissociable and that
there is no causal relation between them. In support of this view are numerous claims of …

During the last three decades our understanding of the brain processes underlying
consciousness and attention has significantly improved, mainly because of the advances in …

Recent research has slowly corroded a belief that selective attention and consciousness are
so tightly entangled that they cannot be individually examined. In this review, we summarize …

Consciousness has of late become a “hot topic” in neuroscience. Empirical work has
centered on identifying potential neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs), with a …

The brain's ability to handle sensory information is influenced by both selective attention and
consciousness. There is no consensus on the exact relationship between these two …

Schizophrenia is a severe and complex psychiatric disorder resulting in delusions,
hallucinations, and cognitive impairments. Across a variety of paradigms, an elevated …

After reviewing the literature on current knowledge about consciousness in humans, we
present a state-of-the art discussion on consciousness and related key concepts in animals …

Motivation is often thought to interact consciously with executive control, although recent
studies have indicated that motivation can also be unconscious. To date, however, the …

Background: The recently published DSM-5 criteria for delirium may lead to different case
identification and rates of delirium than previous classifications. The aims of this study are to …

Visual processing extends from the retinal level to the ventral temporal lobe, and is modified
by top-down and bottom-up processing. Complex visual hallucinations (VH) are commonly a …