The disintegrated theory of consciousness: Sleep, waking, and meta-awareness. (23rd March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zadra, Antonio; Levitin, Daniel J.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 45(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-03-23
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X21001850
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: The study of sleep and wakefulness can inform debates about the nature of consciousness. We argue that sleep and wakefulness fall along a multidimensional continuum and that inconsistencies and paradoxes with the accounts put forth by Merker et al. and Tononi can be understood in terms of a pervasive false dichotomy between these two states.