Michał Wyrwa

Adam Mickiewicz University | UAM · Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science

The ability to use complex tools is thought to depend on multifaceted motor-to-mechanical transformations within the left inferior parietal lobule (IPL), linked to cognitive control over compound actions. Here we show using neuroimaging that demanding transformations of finger movements into proper mechanical movements of functional parts of comple...

Philosophers and scientists refer to the special character of phenomenal consciousness, something supposedly obvious to all conscious persons. However, we had no empirical evidence about the folk view of consciousness until the first studies were carried out in the experimental philosophy of consciousness. According to the leading interpretation of...

Studia z Kognitywistyki i Filozofii Umysłu 9(1) 2015/2016 Celem artykułu jest dyskusja wybranych problemów związanych z diagno- styką globalnych zaburzeń świadomości. Pokazuje się, że jednym z zasadniczych źródeł trudności diagnostycznych, z którymi mierzą się lekarze monitorujący stan pacjentów jest złożoność takich globalnych zaburzeń. Ocena tyc...

It is often considered that explaining the phenomenon of consciousness is one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary science. Despite the growing popularity of this topic – in both cognitive science and philosophy – since the last decade of the 20th century, we hardly know what consciousness really is. This thesis is not trying, however, to...