Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness

Matthias Michel*, Diane Beck, Ned Block, Hal Blumenfeld, Richard Brown, David Carmel, Marisa Carrasco, Mazviita Chirimuuta, Marvin Chun, Axel Cleeremans, Stanislas Dehaene, Stephen M. Fleming, Chris Frith, Patrick Haggard, Biyu J. He, Cecilia Heyes, Melvyn A. Goodale, Liz Irvine, Mitsuo Kawato, Robert KentridgeJean Remi King, Robert T. Knight, Sid Kouider, Victor Lamme, Dominique Lamy, Hakwan Lau, Steven Laureys, Joseph LeDoux, Ying Tung Lin, Kayuet Liu, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, George A. Mashour, Lucia Melloni, Lisa Miracchi, Myrto Mylopoulos, Lionel Naccache, Adrian M. Owen, Richard E. Passingham, Luiz Pessoa, Megan A.K. Peters, Dobromir Rahnev, Tony Ro, David Rosenthal, Yuka Sasaki, Claire Sergent, Guillermo Solovey, Nicholas D. Schiff, Anil Seth, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, Marco Tamietto, Frank Tong, Simon van Gaal, Alexandra Vlassova, Takeo Watanabe, Josh Weisberg, Karen Yan, Masatoshi Yoshida

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Abstract

Scientific research on consciousness is critical to multiple scientific, clinical, and ethical issues. The growth of the field could also be beneficial to several areas including neurology and mental health research. To achieve this goal, we need to set funding priorities carefully and address problems such as job creation and potential media misrepresentation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)104-107
Number of pages4
JournalNature Human Behaviour
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2019

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
European Research Council
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeR37NS021135
European Commission340718
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme772953, 648480, 692739
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentP2CHD041022, U54HD083211
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science18K07359
National Eye InstituteR21EY028329

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