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John Beeckmans

1 paper in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2009

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How chromatic phenomenality largely overflow its cognitive accessibility.

Consciousness and cognition December 1, 2009 John Beeckmans 1 citation

The core neural bases for visual phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness may reside in anatomically separate regions, with phenomenal consciousness located early in the visual cortex where detailed chromatic information is available. During perception, cognitive access to this rich chromatic information is mediated through mereologically superordinate concepts that characterize integrated semantic and quantitative properties of complex visual percepts. These concepts contain much less information than the particulars they characterize, implying that the information in phenomenal consciousness greatly exceeds that in accompanying access consciousness.