Blocking out the distinction between sensation and perception: Superblindsight and the case of Helen

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 18 (2):257-258 (1995)
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Block's notion of P-consciousness catches too much in its net. He would do better to exclude all states that do not have a sensory component. I question what he says about my work with the “blind” monkey, Helen.

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