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BAARS, Bernard J. (USA) : The Conscious-Acces Hypothesis: From Theater Metaphor to Brain Science (L'hypothèse de l'accès conscient : De la métaphore du théatre aus sciences du cerveau)

Ph.D.

Senior Fellow in Theoritical Neurobiology

The Neurosciences Institute
San Diego USA

AREAS OF EXPERTISE/THEMATIQUE

The role of consciousness, volition and self in cognitive and cerebral functions.
(Le rôle de la conscience, de la volonté et du moi dans les fonctions cognitives et cérébrales)

http://www.nsi.edu/users/baars/

BIBLIOGRAPHY/BIBLIOGRAPHIE

A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness. NY: Cambridge University Press. 1988

In the Theater of Consciousness : The Workspace of the Mind. New York: Oxford U. Press 1997

Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness. Baars, Bernard J., William P. Banks, James Newman. (Eds.)  MIT Press Cambridge, MA:. In press

PUBLICATIONS

Baars BJ The brain basis of a "consciousness monitor": scientific and medical significance. Conscious Cogn. 2001 Jun;10(2):159-64; discussion 246-58.

Baars BJ.Attention versus consciousness in the visual brain: differences in conception, phenomenology, behavior, neuroanatomy, and physiology. J Gen Psychol. 1999 Jul;126(3):224-33.

Baars BJ Metaphors of consciousness and attention in the brain. Trends Neurosci. 1998 Feb;21(2):58-62.

Baars, BJ. The conscious access hypothesis: Origins and recent evidence. Trends in Cognitive Science. 2002, Jan; 6 (1): 47-52.