A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness

by Bernard J. Baars

Book Overview

Conscious experience is one of the most difficult and thorny problems in psychological science. Its study has been neglected for many years, either because it was thought to be too difficult, or because the relevant evidence was thought to be poor. Bernard Baars suggests a way to specify empirical constraints on a theory of consciousness by contrasting well-established conscious phenomena - such as stimulus representations known to be attended, perceptual,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521301335
• ISBN13: 9780521301336
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"