Making the hard problem of consciousness easier

Lucia Melloni; Liad Mudrik; Michael Pitts; Christof Koch

doi:10.1126/science.abj3259

Making the hard problem of consciousness easier

Lucia Melloni, Liad Mudrik, Michael Pitts, Christof Koch^*

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School of Psychological Sciences

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	911-912
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	372
Issue number	6545
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj3259
State	Published - 28 May 2021

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Consciousness program
Allen Institute
Templeton World Charity Foundation

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