Post-decision wagering measures metacognitive content, not sensory consciousness.

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A recent report by Persaud et al. [Persaud, N., McLeod, P. & Cowey, A. (2007). Post-decision wagering objectively measures awareness. Nature Neuroscience 10, 257-261] addresses a fundamental issue in consciousness science:
the experimental measurement of conscious content. The authors propose a novel technique, 'post-decision wagering', in which subjects place bets on the correctness of decisions or discriminations. In this note, I critique the authors' claim that their method "measures awareness directly".

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Author information

Author/s: Seth, Anil K (AK);

Affiliation: Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK. A.K.Seth(-atsign-)sussex.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Consciousness and cognition (Conscious Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Sep; vol 17 (issue 3) : pp 981-3

Dates: Created 2008/07/21; Completed 2008/10/02;

PMID: 17588775, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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CommentIn: Conscious Cogn. 2008 Sep;17(3):984-5. (PMID: 17643317)

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