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The science of consciousness must include its more advanced forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2016

Andrew Vonasch ,
E. J. Masicampo  and
Roy F. Baumeister
Andrew Vonasch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32305-4301 vonasch@psy.fsu.edu baumeister@psy.fsu.edu https://psy.fsu.edu/~baumeisterticelab/vonasch.html http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/baumeister.dp.html
E. J. Masicampo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109. masicaej@wfu.edu http://college.wfu.edu/psychology/about-the-department/faculty-and-staff/e-j-masicampo/
Roy F. Baumeister
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32305-4301 vonasch@psy.fsu.edu baumeister@psy.fsu.edu https://psy.fsu.edu/~baumeisterticelab/vonasch.html http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/baumeister.dp.html
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Abstract

Morsella et al. argue that science should not focus on high forms of consciousness. We disagree. An understanding of high forms of consciousness is invaluable to the scientific study of consciousness. Moreover, it poses challenges to the passive frame theory. Specifically, it challenges the notions that conscious thoughts are not connected and that consciousness serves skeletomotor conflict only.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e198
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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