Taking consciousness for real: Increasing the ecological validity of the study of conscious vs. unconscious processes.
Neuron
; 112(10): 1642-1656, 2024 May 15.
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ABSTRACT
The study of consciousness has developed well-controlled, rigorous methods for manipulating and measuring consciousness. Yet, in the process, experimental paradigms grew farther away from everyday conscious and unconscious processes, which raises the concern of ecological validity. In this review, we suggest that the field can benefit from adopting a more ecological approach, akin to other fields of cognitive science. There, this approach challenged some existing hypotheses, yielded stronger effects, and enabled new research questions. We argue that such a move is critical for studying consciousness, where experimental paradigms tend to be artificial and small effect sizes are relatively prevalent. We identify three paths for doing so-changing the stimuli and experimental settings, changing the measures, and changing the research questions themselves-and review works that have already started implementing such approaches. While acknowledging the inherent challenges, we call for increasing ecological validity in consciousness studies.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Inconsciente en Psicología
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Estado de Conciencia
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Neuron
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos