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The distinction between outside reality and our experience of it has been a fundamental concern of philosophers throughout history. Some have seen subjective experience and the “mind” as separate from physical reality, and others have considered them extensions of one another. The mission underlying these philosophical quests has been to understand the nature of human “consciousness.”
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Cohen, R.A. (1993). Consciousness and Self-Directed Attention. In: The Neuropsychology of Attention. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7463-1_15
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