606750 news 1528203273 1653499695 <![CDATA[School of Psychology Professor Rahnev featured on GT News Center]]> There’s a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the vastness of human consciousness, but researchers pushing that envelope have uncovered a mechanism that helps create a simple visual awareness. In a new study, they describe brain functions that give you confidence that you did see what you just saw. 

http://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/05/30/i-saw-brain-mechanisms-create-confidence-about-things-seen

Rahnev and Shekhar published their study in May in the Journal of Neuroscience.

]]> 2018-06-05T00:00:00-04:00 At the threshold of what we call consciousness is a brain function that makes you feel confidently aware that you are actually seeing what you see. Psychologists at Georgia Tech have observed a mechanism involved in making it work. 

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