The controversial question of whether machines may ever be conscious must be based on a
careful consideration of how consciousness arises in the only physical system that …

The assessment and prediction of cognitive performance is a key issue for any discipline
concerned with human operators in the context of safety-critical behavior. Most of the …

WINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE From the acclaimed author of Reading in the Brain
and How We Learn, a breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness …

Although our subjective impression is of a richly detailed visual world, numerous empirical
results suggest that the amount of visual information observers can perceive and remember …

Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of
establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable …

In recent years, numerous electrophysiological signatures of consciousness have been
proposed. Here, we perform a systematic analysis of these electroencephalography markers …

Attention is a core property of all perceptual and cognitive operations. Given limited capacity
to process competing options, attentional mechanisms select, modulate, and sustain focus …

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

Of the many brain events evoked by a visual stimulus, which are specifically associated with
conscious perception, and which merely reflect non-conscious processing? Several recent …

Humans can recognize the gist of a novel image in a single glance, independent of its
complexity. How is this remarkable feat accomplished? On the basis of behavioral and …