THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

被引:77
作者
CRICK, F [1 ]
KOCH, C [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH,COMPUTAT & NEURAL SYST,PASADENA,CA 91125
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D O I
10.1038/scientificamerican0992-152
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Can consciousness, the most profound and puzzling facet of the mind, be probed experimentally? Are elusive mental events explainable as the behavior of interacting neurons? The authors argue that existing evidence already provides a glimpse of the nature of visual consciousness that can guide experimenters.
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页码:153 / 159
页数:7
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