Measures of states of consciousness during attentional and cognitive load
bioRxiv Preprint Server March 22, 2019 André S. Nilsen, Bjørn E. Juel, Johan F. Storm preprint
Measures that distinguish conscious from unconscious brain states may also be influenced by attentional load and cognitive resource use within conscious states. Testing several proposed measures, the study examines whether they are modulated by changes in attention and cognitive demands, which has rarely been tested before. The findings suggest that these measures are not solely markers of consciousness but can vary with attentional load within conscious states.