Motivating consciousness

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (1):190-191 (2001)
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Abstract

Gray's account of a brain mechanism for generating the contents of consciousness is incomplete. Adaptive advantages of conscious functioning need to be sought within the first-person affective sensation motivating flexibly goal-directed actions, as in Humphrey's sensory feedback theory.

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10.1017/s0140525x01243933

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