A new empirical challenge for local theories of consciousness

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A new empirical challenge for local theories of consciousness

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Interoception and Empathy Impact Perspective Taking

Evidence accumulation relates to perceptual consciousness and monitoring

Modulation of Bodily Self-Consciousness by Self and External Touch

Target cell-type specificity of a cortico-amygdala long range synaptic connection

Fronto-Temporal Disconnection Within the Presence Hallucination Network in Psychotic Patients With Passivity Experiences

Thalamic microcircuitry: neurons, synapses, and circuit motifs in receptive field structure and sensory processing

Bodily self and human grid cell-like activity: probing spatial representation with immersive virtual reality

Predictive brain: Addressing the level of representation by reviewing perceptual hysteresis

First-person body view modulates the neural substrates of episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness: A functional connectivity study

Response to commentaries on 'hard criteria for empirical theories of consciousness'

Breathing is coupled with voluntary action and the cortical readiness potential

Sensorimotor Induction of Auditory Misattribution in Early Psychosis

Shedding light on excessive crying in babies

Postural Control and Consciousness and Their Applications to Lower-Limb Exoskeletons