In addition, most theories of consciousness assert that all conscious experiences have specific qualitative attributes that differentiate them from each other (qualitativeness), and a unified nature (unity), which cannot be reduced to independent components ( Tononi, 2008). These states are by definition subjective every scientific investigation of consciousness should deal with this subjectivity ( Searle, 2000 Chalmers, 2004). Introduction The Science of Subjective ConsciousnessĬonscious states are inner states and processes of awareness, with undeniable neurobiological underpinnings ( Searle, 2000). Both the literary machine and dreaming could contribute to a better understanding of conscious states. It is also proposed that the multimodal, simulating, and integrative capacities of the dreaming brain render it an “endogenous” Morel's machine, which can potentially be used in studying consciousness, but not always in a reliable way. Inspired by Morel's invention ( Casares, 1940), a literary machine capable of reproducing sensory-dependent external reality, this article suggests that combination of virtual reality techniques and brain reading technologies, that is, decoding of conscious states by brain activity alone, can offer this integration. To this date, very few studies have tried to integrate third-person data, or data about the neurophysiological correlates of conscious states, with first-person data, or data about subjective experience. 2Department of Neuroscience, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandĪ scientific study of consciousness should take into consideration both objective and subjective measures of conscious experiences.

1Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuropsychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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