Microgenesis of Consciousness

What is it about?

By an analogy, unfolding of conscious perception can be compared to the process of producing a photo when the seeminlgy plain empty photographic paper is bathed into the developer liquid. Almost nothing, then some coarse unintellegible areas and features, then almost full, half-clear image, and finally the full-blown, detailed picture. However, the mental process of conscious percept development is so fast that its time course needs to be studied with special intricate experimental methods.

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Why is it important?

The microgenetic approach helps to solve many controversies in consciousness studies and links cognitive psychology to evolutionary paradigms.