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Should a Few Null Findings Falsify Prefrontal Theories of Conscious Perception?

Brian Odegaard, Robert T. Knight and Hakwan Lau
Journal of Neuroscience 4 October 2017, 37 (40) 9593-9602; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3217-16.2017
Brian Odegaard
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563,
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Robert T. Knight
2Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720,
3Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720,
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Hakwan Lau
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563,
4Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, and
5Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3217-16.2017
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28978696
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History 
  • Received March 8, 2017
  • Revision received June 16, 2017
  • Accepted June 22, 2017
  • First published October 4, 2017.
  • Version of record published October 4, 2017.
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  1. Brian Odegaard1,
  2. Robert T. Knight2,3, and
  3. Hakwan Lau1,4,5
  1. 1Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563,
  2. 2Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720,
  3. 3Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720,
  4. 4Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, and
  5. 5Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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Disclosures

    • Received March 8, 2017.
    • Revision received June 16, 2017.
    • Accepted June 22, 2017.
  • This was work was partially funded by NIH Grant R01NS088628 to H.L., and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R37NS21135 to R.T.K.

  • This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant RO1NS088628 to H.L. and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R37NS21135 to R.T.K. We thank Leon Deouell, Steve Fleming, and Biyu He for helpful comments and feedback.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Brian Odegaard, Department of Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563. odegaard.brian{at}gmail.com

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    • An opportunity to empirically resolve some enduring controversies
    • The clinical neuropsychology of consciousness: “classical” case studies
    • How do lesions to PFC specifically affect subjective perception?
    • Does PFC activity reflect specific perceptual content?
    • Is PFC activity only related to explicit perceptual reports?
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    • Response from Dual Perspectives Companion Authors–Melanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Bradley R. Postle, Christof Koch, and Giulio Tononi Some of the arguments raised by Odegaard et al. deserve a brief discussion. Clinical neuropsychology
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