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Motivating consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Ian Vine
Affiliation:
Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, United Kingdomi.vine@bradford.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Gray's account of a brain mechanism for generating the contents of consciousness is incomplete. Adaptive advantages of conscious functioning need to be sought within the first-person affective sensation motivating flexibly goal-directed actions, as in Humphrey's sensory feedback theory.

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Continuing Commentary
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press