| 7 | A Global Workspace Theory of Conscious Experience |
Consciousness is notoriously one of the thorniest subjects in psychological science. Its study has been neglected for many years, either because it was believed to be conceptually confusing or because the relevant evidence was thought to be poor. Today, it seems that psychologists and neuroscientists are increasingly aware that we already have a great deal of evidence on conscious experience and that a theory of consciousness may be possible. Several published proposals directly address consciousness (e.g., Baars, 1983, 1988, 1992; Crick, 1984; Crick & Koch, 1990; Edelman, 1989; Newman & Baars, 1994; Norman & Shallice, 1986; Shallice, 1978), ...
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