Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness

Michel, Matthias; Beck, Diane; Block, Ned; Blumenfeld, Hal; Brown, Richard; Carmel, David; Carrasco, Marisa; Chirimuuta, Mazviita; Chun, Marvin; Cleeremans, Axel; Dehaene, Stanislas; Fleming, Stephen M.; Frith, Chris; Haggard, Patrick; He, Biyu J.; Heyes, Cecilia; Goodale, Melvyn A.; Irvine, Liz; Kawato, Mitsuo; Kentridge, Robert; King, Jean-Remi; Knight, Robert T.; Kouider, Sid; Lamme, Victor; Lamy, Dominique; Lau, Hakwan; Laureys, Steven; LeDoux, Joseph; Lin, Ying-Tung; Liu, Kayuet; Macknik, Stephen L.; Martinez-Conde, Susana; Mashour, George A.; Melloni, Lucia; Miracchi, Lisa; Mylopoulos, Myrto; Naccache, Lionel; Owen, Adrian M.; Passingham, Richard E.; Pessoa, Luiz; Peters, Megan A. K.; Rahnev, Dobromir; Ro, Tony; Rosenthal, David; Sasaki, Yuka; Sergent, Claire; Solovey, Guillermo; Schiff, Nicholas D.; Seth, Anil; Tallon-Baudry, Catherine; Tamietto, Marco; Tong, Frank; van Gaal, Simon; Vlassova, Alexandra; Watanabe, Takeo; Weisberg, Josh; Yan, Karen; Yoshida, Masatoshi

Abstract

Scientific research on consciousness is critical to multiple scientific, clinical, and ethical issues. The growth of the field could also be beneficial to several areas including neurology and mental health research. To achieve this goal, we need to set funding priorities carefully and address problems such as job creation and potential media misrepresentation.

Citation

Michel, M., Beck, D., Block, N., Blumenfeld, H., Brown, R., Carmel, D., Carrasco, M., Chirimuuta, M., Chun, M., Cleeremans, A., Dehaene, S., Fleming, S. M., Frith, C., Haggard, P., He, B. J., Heyes, C., Goodale, M. A., Irvine, L., Kawato, M., Kentridge, R., …Yoshida, M. Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(2), 104-107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0531-8

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Feb 4, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2024
• Journal: Nature Human Behaviour
• Electronic ISSN: 2397-3374
• Publisher: Nature Research
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 104-107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0531-8
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2866824