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Formation versus vulcanization of perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2026

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Abstract

The target article maintains that consciousness emerged only when slow perceptual processing would be useful. But the formation of a conscious percept could be fast even if the vulcanization of that percept is slow. And fast formation may be too fast for a higher-order pointer to form.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e169
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press

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