The Frontal Cortex : Betting on Awareness

I had half-written a post drawing attention to a fascinating new paper on consciousness ... when I discovered that Jonah Lehrer had beat me to it. I won't try to improve on his offering about this truly clever and fascinating paper, which covers some Oliver Sacks-like ground gracefully Check it out at:

The Frontal Cortex : Betting on Awareness:

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