Is Signal Strength a Confound in Consciousness Research?
Category: Mind & Ideas › Consciousness
Tags: Consciousness · Psychology · Research
Could signal strength be a confound in consciousness research? I push back on Michel and Lau, unpacking the blindsight example and the discriminability versus consciousness distinction. I argue matching discriminability is harder than it looks, and outline consequences for trace conditioning and episodic memory studies.
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