Frontiers in Psychology | Consciousness Research and Mindfulness section | New and Recent Articles14d agoReappraising intuitions about consciousness
Sang Chul Chong
Scientific studies of consciousness derive their legitimacy from individuals’ intuitions about the degree to which measured functions can be associated with consciousness. However, intuitions about consciousness are often regarded as inherently inaccurate and unreliable, as evidenced by cases that appear to reveal counterintuitive dissociations between consciousness and functions. Recent findings challenge this traditional interpretation, suggesting that such cases can be explained by partial aw