We propose the Selfish Goal model, which holds that a person's behavior is driven by
psychological processes called goals that guide his or her behavior, at times in contradictory …

Understanding the relation between attention and consciousness is an important part of our
understanding of consciousness. Attention, unlike consciousness, can be systematically …

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 …

Animal welfare science has a potentially paradoxical attitude to animal consciousness. On
the one hand, the belief that animals are conscious is what draws people to want to study …

Human life is operationally defined by the onset and cessation of organismal function. At
postnatal stages of life, organismal integration critically and uniquely requires a functioning …

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 …

A primary aspect of the self is the sense of agency–the sense that one is causing an action.
In the spirit of recent reductionistic approaches to other complex, multifaceted phenomena …

Although many responses to odorous stimuli are mediated without olfactory information
being consciously processed, some olfactory behaviors require conscious information …

Humanity's demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what earth can
regenerate in that year, creating an urgent need for more sustainable behavior. Here, the …

Historically, the conscious and anticipatory processes involved in voluntary action have
been associated with the loftiest heights of nervous function. Concepts like mental time …