Beyond the simple contrastive analysis: Appropriate experimental approaches for unraveling the neural basis of conscious experience

• Main Author: Talis Bachmann (auth)
• Other Authors: Jaan Aru (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Consciousness; EEG; contextual effects; neural correlates of consciousness; Contents of consciousness; TMS; levels of consciousness; Contrastive analysis; oscillations; multivariate analysis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Contrasting conditions with and without conscious experience has served consciousness research well. However, research based on this simple contrast has led to controversies about the neural basis of conscious experience. One key reason for these ongoing debates seems to be that the simple contrast...