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Michael Shadlen develops an account of how thoughts become conscious, drawing on decision-making research and embodied and ecological perspectives. The conversation connects neural activity and drift-diffusion models with unconscious and conscious thought, aiming to identify tractable directions for experimental consciousness research.
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