“Conscious access is also the gateway to more complex forms of conscious experience. In everyday language, we often conflate our Consciousness with our sense of self-how the brain creates a point of view, an "I" that looks at its surroundings… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“The notion that the world is mostly made up of small sets is an illusion imposed on us by our perceptual and cognitive systems.” — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“An innate sense of approximate numerical quantities may well be embedded in our genes; but when faced with exact symbolic calculation, we lack proper resources. Our brain has to tinker with alternate circuits in order to make up for the lack of a cerebral organ specifically designed for calculation. This tinkering takes a heavy toll. Loss of speed, increased concentration,… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share
“These three ingredients—focusing on conscious access, manipulating conscious perception, and carefully recording introspection—have transformed the study of consciousness into a normal experimental science.” — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“...the opacity of a numeration system takes an important toll on language acquisition.” — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“By definition, we have no access to our many unconscious processes—but this does not prevent us from making up stories about them. For instance,… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“progressive enrichment of children’s intuitions, leaning heavily on their precocious understanding of quantitative manipulations and of counting. One should first arouse their curiosity with… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“A stream of symbols appears at the same location on a computer screen. Most of the symbols are digits, but some are letters, which… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“...numbers rule our lives. Indeed, they lie at the heart of our technology.” — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“In many experiments, the boundary between seeing and not seeing is relatively sharp: an image is downright invisible when presented for 40 milliseconds, but… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“What counts as genuine consciousness, I will argue, is conscious access-the simple fact that usually, whenever we are awake, whatever we decide to focus… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“An important consequence of these observations is that our consciousness of unexpected events lags considerably behind the real world. Not only do we consciously… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
“In point of fact, the greater one’s science, the deeper the sense of mystery. —Vladimir” — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
