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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023

Unraveling how evidence accumulation determines conscious experience using voltammetry

Consciousness entails the phenomenal experience we have of the world and ourselves. Although it is at the heart of major philosophical, scientific and ethical issues, our understanding of the neural mechanisms of consciousness remains limited. The study of consciousness is compartmentalised, with researchers focusing on isolated sub-aspects of the problem, via restrictive paradigms that ignore the temporal dynamics of conscious experience, its metacognitive component, or its dependence on levels of consciousness. Moreover, we know virtually nothing about the single-neuron and neurochemical basis for consciousness in humans. VOLTA will advance beyond these empirical and theoretical…

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