Abstract Visual attention and awareness can be experimentally separated. In a recent study (Webb et al., Cortical networks involved in visual awareness independently of visual attention. Proc Natl Acad USA 2016a;113:13923–8), we suggested that awareness was associated with activity in a set of cortical networks that overlap the temporoparietal junction. In a comment, Morales et al. (Measuring away an attentional confound? Neurosci Conscious 2017;3:doi:10.1093/nc/nix018) suggested that we had imperfectly controlled attention thereby jeopardizing the experimental logic. Though we agree that attention behaves differently in the presence and absence of awareness, we argue it is still possible to roughly equate the level of attention between aware and unaware conditions, and that an imbalance in attention probably does not explain our experimental results.

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颞顶交界处和意识

摘要视觉注意力和意识可以通过实验分离。在最近的一项研究中（Webb等人，皮质网络独立于视觉注意力而参与视觉意识。ProcNatl Acad USA 2016a; 113：13923–8），我们建议意识与一组重叠的皮质网络中的活动相关颞顶交界处。在评论中，莫拉莱斯等人。（测量注意力混乱？Neurosci Conscious 2017; 3：doi：10.1093 / nc / nix018）提示我们不能完全控制注意力，从而损害了实验逻辑。尽管我们同意在存在和不存在意识的情况下注意力的行为会有所不同，但我们仍认为可以将意识水平和意识状态之间的关注水平大致相等，