Reviews in Consciousness Research

This collection publishes high-quality scholarly review articles on key and overarching themes in Consciousness Research. Due to the highly multi/inter-disciplinary nature of consciousness studies, reviews synthesizing diverging perspectives are needed to unify/translate findings across sub-specialties and move empirical examinations forward.

We envision reviews that are timely, concise, and highlight recent advances in the field so to stimulate innovation, steer important questions, and map new possibilities for future directions. This collection is seeking to receive manuscripts falling into three specific types of papers: full-length reviews, mini-reviews, and systematic reviews. Theoretical review papers are also of interest. In particular, we welcome reviews that conclude with new theoretical, methodological, and/or clinical applications. We foresee that the research presented will enrich scientific discussion within the multi-disciplinary consciousness research community with impactful translational value. New articles will be added to this collection as they are published.

We welcome submissions that contribute to the advancement of knowledge within this multidisciplinary field (e,g, psychology, cognitive science, neurology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, philosophy, artificial intelligence, bioengineering, computer science, contemplative sciences, mathematics, physics, statistics), within the scope of the section including (but not limited to):
● neural correlates and mechanisms of consciousness, particularly perception, awareness, and attention;
● computational approaches to the science of consciousness;
● integration of consciousness sub-disciplines;
● disorders of consciousness, awareness, self-awareness, and voluntary control
● the development of self-awareness and self-concept in infants and children.
● sleep and dreaming research, altered states of consciousness, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences;
● embodied neurophenomenology, brain-mind-body interactionism;
● remembering without consciousness: implicit memory and priming;
● electromagnetic field accounts of consciousness;
● contemplative sciences and practices, consciousness and health/wellbeing;
● meta-cognition, meta-awareness, reflexivity;
● ontology, philosophy of mind;
● concepts of self, self-actualization, pathological experiences of self-continuum;
● exteroception, interception, nociception, proprioception;
● organoid intelligence and biocomputing, sentience versus consciousness models;