Conscious perception has little to do with primary visual cortex, research suggests
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Imaging data suggest that conscious perception has little to do with the primary visual cortex —- the region where visual information enters the brain. From a purely intuitive point of view, it is easy to believe that our ability to actively pay attention to a target is inextricably connected with our capacity to consciously perceive it. However, this proposition remains the subject of extensive debate in the research community, and surprising new findings promise to fuel the debate.