How Do We Know When We See Something? Understanding How Visual Awareness Is Generated

... How do you know when you see something? Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix have made a breakthrough discovery that puts scientists closer to understanding how visual awareness is generated. Stephen Macknik, Ph.D., a researcher in the Neurosurgery and Neurobiology departments at Barrow, and his colleagues have discovered that awareness of simple visual objects is generated in a small portion of the occipital lobes of the brain... click link for more info. ...