Moti Salti
My scientific agenda focuses on characterizing subjective perceptual experience using behavioral and imaging techniques. There are two main thrusts that underlie this agenda. The first effort is theoretical, it concentrates in further developing the MTM hypothesis and utilize the framework it provides to other fields of cognitive science (first, to numerical perception). This effort includes mathematically formalizing the model and its derivatives to create new predictions. The second effort is methodological, and it aims at creating new paradigms to test MTM predictions and at finding new ways to characterize subjective perception.
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possible answers. We identify and test the assumptions underlying contemporary debates, models,
and methodology in the study of the neural correlates of consciousness, which was framed by
Crick and Koch’s seminal paper (1990). These premises create a sequential and passive conception
of conscious perception: it is considered the product of resolved information processing by
unconscious mechanisms, produced by a singular event in time and place representing the
moment of entry. The conscious percept produced is then automatically retained to be utilized by
post-conscious mechanisms. Major debates in the field, such as concern the moment of entry, the
all-or-none vs graded nature, and report vs no-report paradigms, are driven by the consensus on
these assumptions. We show how removing these assumptions can resolve some of the debates
and challenges and prompt additional questions. The potential non-sequential nature of
perception suggests new ways of thinking about consciousness as a dynamic and dispersed process,
and in turn about the relationship between conscious and unconscious perception. Moreover,
it allows us to present a parsimonious account for conscious perception while addressing
more aspects of the phenomenon.