Dienes, Zoltan and Seth, Anil (2010) Measuring any conscious content versus measuring the relevant conscious content: Comment on Sandberg et al. Consciousness and Cognition, 19 (4). pp. 1079-1080. ISSN 1053-8100

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Abstract

Sandberg et al. show that the Perceptual Awareness Scale (PAS) scale is sensitive compared to confidence ratings and wagering in detecting accurate perception. They go on to argue that the PAS scale is hence a sensitive measure of conscious perception compared to confidence ratings, a claim disputed here. The fact that some visual content is conscious does not entail that the visual content relevant to making a discrimination is conscious. For example, if one saw a square but was only aware of seeing a flash of something, then one has not consciously seen a square. When PAS and confidence ratings come in conflict, we suggest that it is confidence ratings that more reliably indicate the conscious status of contents allowing discrimination.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Depositing User:	Zoltan Dienes
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 15:37
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2012 15:55
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13607

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