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The Control Nature of Attention

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We analyze in this chapter the manner in which attention acts as a controller in the brain. We hope thereby to be able to begin a more complete probe of attention and so try to uncover in what manner consciousness itself might be hidden in the interstices of some part of the attention control system.

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    John G. Taylor

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Taylor, J.G. (2013). The Control Nature of Attention. In: Solving the Mind-Body Problem by the CODAM Neural Model of Consciousness?. Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7645-6_5

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