Consciousness Study 2022 PDF
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2022
Megan Peters
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This document examines the study of consciousness by Megan Peters in 2022. It explores the mechanisms of decision-making and how confidence levels relate to conscious awareness. The research utilizes various approaches to understand the complexities of the human mind, focusing on the neural processes underlying subjective experiences.
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"Studying of MC provides insights into hard problem of consciousness" Megan Peters, 2022 Introduced M-STEP (MC as a Step Toward Explaining Phenomenology) Learning how brain generates self-awareness + confidence judgments = uncover mechanisms in experience Cou...
"Studying of MC provides insights into hard problem of consciousness" Megan Peters, 2022 Introduced M-STEP (MC as a Step Toward Explaining Phenomenology) Learning how brain generates self-awareness + confidence judgments = uncover mechanisms in experience Could bridge gap between objective cognitive processes + subjective aspects of consciousness ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Post-decision wagering" Persaud et al., 2007 Made decision and wagered on their confidence levels, comparing outcomes to subjective reports Post-decision wagering correlates with **conscious awareness;** Links confidence + decision-making to behavioural outcomes Monetary incentive may introduce biases; approach might not isolate conscious awareness from decision-related factors. "Unconscious info changes decision accuracy" Vlassova et al., 2014 Exposed to subliminal visual info; assessed for decision accuracy/confidence ratings Unconscious info improved decision accuracy w/out affecting subjective confidence levels Confidence; not always reflect accuracy of decisions; dissociation between unconscious processing+ conscious awareness Limited to visual tasks, findings may not apply across different sensory modalities/ types of unconscious information.
