Learning Objectives

13.1.1 Define attention and describe some of the concepts associated with it.
13.1.2 Describe and explain the various concepts in the study of attention.
13.1.3 Describe the main brain networks of attention and how they were discovered.
13.1.4 Describe two disorders of attention due to brain damage.
13.2.1 Explain what scientists know about consciousness and describe its components.
13.2.2 Define and explain the hard and easy problems of consciousness.
13.2.3 Explain what is meant by neural correlates of consciousness.
13.2.4 Describe and explain the global workspace theory of consciousness.
13.2.5 Describe and explain some disorders of consciousness.
13.2.6 Explain how consciousness can be hidden.
13.2.7 Describe and explain experiments designed to test whether humans have free will.