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Many ways to awareness: A developmental perspective on cognitive access

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2008

Carroll E. Izard ,
Paul C. Quinn  and
Steven B. Most
Carroll E. Izard
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. izard@udel.edupquinn@udel.edumost@udel.edu
Paul C. Quinn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. izard@udel.edupquinn@udel.edumost@udel.edu
Steven B. Most
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. izard@udel.edupquinn@udel.edumost@udel.edu
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Abstract

Block's target article makes a significant contribution toward sorting the neural bases of phenomenal consciousness from the neural systems that underlie cognitive access to it. However, data from developmental science suggest that cognitive access may be only one of several ways to access phenomenology. These data may also have implications for the visual-cognitive phenomena that Block uses to support his case.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 5-6 , December 2007 , pp. 506 - 507
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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