News from Science & Consciousness Review

Dear member of this list, Science & Consciousness Review (http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/) has released new articles and reviews: _____________________ NEWS ARTICLE Integration in the brain - The Subconscious Alteration of Visual Perception by Cross-Modal Integration By Ladan Shams It is clear that the information processed by the different sensory modalities are integrated into a coherent multisensory percept by the brain. However, it is not known how, nor at what level of processing, nor where in the brain this integration takes place. As a result, it is also not clear whether the combination of signals from different modalities occurs prior to or following conscious sensory processing. Full article: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/LN_Oct02_IntegrBrain.htm _____________________ LATEST HEADLINES - Can the self understand the self? Review of "Models of the self" - Processing fluency as the source of experiences at the fringe of consciousness - Article release: Alain Morin on Self-awareness - Emotion: Attention to detail - How distributed is visual category information in human occipito-temporal cortex? An fMRI study - Searching for a baseline: Functional imaging and the resting human brain - Brain activity during attentional shifts - Article release: Split-brain revisited - Suggested link: Illusions intro at BrainConnection.com - New research adds to understanding of conscious awareness See NEWS IN BRIEF at http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/more_news.html _____________________ ARCHIVES Previous issues of Science & Consciousness Review can be found at http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/archive.html We have now issues from April to September, including all articles, reviews and news in brief. _____________________ CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Please send your contributions to us. Summaries of published scientific articles, 200 words or more, in easy to read language. Authors are encouraged to send the first 500 words of their published articles, rewritten in teaching style. You keep the copyright. Manuscripts may be lightly edited. See Instructions for authors: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/author_instructions.html Sincerely, Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy Managing Editor