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In recent years, consciousness has become a significant topic of research in psychology and neuroscience.

The primary focus is on understanding what it means biologically and psychologically for information to be present in consciousness — that is, on determining the neural and psychological correlates of consciousness.

The majority of experimental studies assess consciousness by asking human subjects for a verbal report of their experiences ( e. g., " tell me if you notice anything when I do this ").

Issues of interest include phenomena such as subliminal perception, blindsight, denial of impairment, and altered states of consciousness produced by psychoactive drugs or spiritual or meditative techniques.