How does the non-conscious become conscious?

Current Biology : CB
Joseph LeDoux

Abstract

In this My Word, Joseph LeDoux describes how his work as a graduate student got him interested in human consciousness. Although he has not studied this topic since 1970s, he never stopped thinking and writing about it during his four-decade career exploring how non-conscious processes involving the amygdala detect and respond to danger. Here, he tells us what is on his mind about consciousness these days.

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Citations

Mar 15, 2020·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Joseph E LeDouxHakwan Lau
Feb 26, 2020·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Joseph E LeDoux, Hakwan Lau
Jun 10, 2020·Current Biology : CB·Joseph E LeDoux
May 25, 2021·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·Brian KeyDeborah J Brown
Jul 15, 2021·Current Biology : CB·Joseph E LeDoux

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