 Thus, while learning may occur without consciousness, consciousness without learning is not possible.From 1999 to 2009 and since 2011, Cleeremans has been member of the board of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, and in 2000 organized its fourth annual meeting held at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.He acted as editor of a book based on the meeting ("The Unity of Consciousness