Comments on: Are attention and consciousness the same thing? http://mindhacks.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ethan http://mindhacks.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-36535 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:56:46 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-36535 http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/rpg/pc52/AB_Webscript/instr.html

This is an attentional blink test.

]]> By: Kat http://mindhacks.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-7237 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:00:55 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-7237 Is there anyway I can see this test and see if I can see the second image.

]]> By: Jimmy Renda-se http://mindhacks.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-7236 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:08:05 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-7236 A few months back there was a paper out about how meditation can increase performance on the attentional blink task, a lot of popular press accounts of the paper suggested that this implies meditation can increase attention, but given the finding of the paper you cite here, isn’t it equally likely the opposite could be true, meditation makes you less attentive?

]]> By: sergeeo http://mindhacks.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-7235 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:31:38 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/are-attention-and-consciousness-the-same-thing/#comment-7235 It’s an old problem I think. We have a quite accurate idea about what attention is, but consciousness is a more complex concept. Perhaps, we should blame ourselves, because we use this word oftenly in very different meanings and contexts.

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