How consciousness is generated by the nervous system remains one of the greatest
mysteries in science. Investigators from diverse fields have begun to unravel this puzzle by …

The present analysis aims at a theoretical integration of, and a systems-neuroscience
perspective on, a variety of historical and contemporary views on perception–action …

What is the primary function of consciousness in the nervous system? The answer to this
question remains enigmatic, not so much because of a lack of relevant data, but because of …

An outsized focus on the explanatory value of conscious thought can constrain opportunities
to more rigorously examine the influence of less obvious drivers of consumer behavior. This …

This chapter was spurred into existence by the admiration that the authors have for Jeffrey A.
Gray (1934-2004), a scientist who contributed much to our understanding of the mind/brain …

In 1959, Neal Miller made the bold claim that the Stimulus–Response, Behaviorist models of
that era were describing the way in which stimuli lead to the entry of contents into …

Passive frame theory attempts to illuminate what consciousness is, in mechanistic and
functional terms; it does not address the “implementation” level of analysis (how neurons …

Have Morsella et al. examined the fundamentals of consciousness? An experiment by Bar et
al.(2006) has demonstrated the fundamental aspects of conscious and unconscious …

We expand upon Morsella et al.'s synthesis in the direction of what Gibson (1979) called an
ecological approach to perception. Morsella et al. describe consciousness as a director of …

I argue that the scope and strength of unconscious perception have been overestimated in
extant theories. I describe an unconscious binding perspective, and how in conjunction with …