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Aru, J., Bachmann, T., Singer, W., and Mel-
loni, L. (2012). Distilling the neural correlates of con-
sciousness. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,
36 , 737–746.
A critique of the ‘contrastive analysis’ method used to
study the NCCs.
Crick, F., and Koch, C. (2003). A framework for
consciousness. Nature Neuroscience, 6 , 119–126.
Describes their strategy for studying the NCCs under
ten headings relating to their theory of competing
cellular assemblies.
Humphrey, N. (2000). How to solve the mind-body
problem. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7 , 5–112.
Proceeds step-by-step through how to make mind and
body line up, proposing an evolutionary theory of
sensory awareness as activity.
Kanwisher, N. (2001). Neural events and percep-
tual awareness. Cognition, 79 , 89–113.
Describes NCCs based on fMRI, ERPs, and single-cell
recordings, discussing which neural events might be
necessary and sufficient for perceptual awareness.
Ramachandran, V. S., and Blakeslee, S.
(1998). Chasing the phantom. In V. S. Ramachandran
and S. Blakeslee, Phantoms in the brain (pp. 39–62).
London: Fourth Estate.
Fascinating tales of phantom limbs, and Ramachan-
dran’s mirror method for relieving phantom pain.
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