title: Getting back from the basics: What is the role for attention and fronto-parietal circuits in consciousness?
abstract: Morsella et al. present a novel theory of consciousness which is more "low-level, circumscribed, counterintuitive, and passive" than previous accounts. There is much to like about this approach. However, what are the explanatory costs associated with these characteristics? In particular, how does this low-level and passive theory accommodate evidence for top-down attention being necessary (but not sufficient) for visual consciousness?
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology,The University of Queensland,St. Lucia,Queensland 4072,Australia.paul.e.dux@gmail.comp.dux@psy.uq.edu.auwww.paulduxlab.org.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Dux
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003243:Consciousness; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*