title: At what timescale does consciousness operate?
abstract: While applauding Morsella et al. for linking consciousness to action control, we ask what their theory implies regarding the exact functionality of consciousness and the timescale at which it operates. Does consciousness operate on, and resolve the conflict it emerges from (despite its slowness), or does it operate on future conflicts that it might resolve by externalizing/socializing cognitive control?
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Psychology Unit & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition,Leiden University,2333 AK Leiden,The Netherlandshommel@fsw.leidenuniv.nlwww.bernhard-hommel.eu.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hommel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Addiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT) Lab,University of Amsterdam,1018 XA Amsterdam,The Netherlands.r.wiers@uva.nlhttp://www.uva.nl/en/contact/staff/item/r.w.h.j.wiers.html?f=wiers.
authors.forename: Reinout W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Wiers
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D013997:Time Factors