Measuring consciousness: relating behavioural and neurophysiological approaches

被引:247
作者
Seth, Anil K. [1 ]
Dienes, Zoltn [2 ]
Cleeremans, Axel [3 ]
Overgaard, Morten [4 ]
Pessoa, Luiz [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sussex, Dept Informat, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex, England
[2] Univ Sussex, Dept Psychol, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex, England
[3] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Cognit Sci Res Unit, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[4] Aarhus Univ Hosp, Hammel Neurorehabil & Res Ctr, Cognit Neurosci Res Unit, DK-8450 Hammel, Denmark
[5] Indiana Univ, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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D O I
10.1016/j.tics.2008.04.008
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The resurgent science of consciousness has been accompanied by a recent emphasis on the problem of measurement. Having dependable measures of consciousness is essential both for mapping experimental evidence to theory and for designing perspicuous experiments. Here, we review a series of behavioural and brain-based measures, assessing their ability to track graded consciousness and clarifying how they relate to each other by showing what theories are presupposed by each. We identify possible and actual conflicts among measures that can stimulate new experiments, and we conclude that measures must prove themselves by iteratively building knowledge in the context of theoretical frameworks. Advances in measuring consciousness have implications for basic cognitive neuroscience, for comparative studies of consciousness and for clinical applications.
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页码:314 / 321
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