Abstract
No current debate about the experimental research on consciousness, free will or decision making is feasible without having certain methodological standpoint regarding the timing of conscious experiences. Many of the paradigms currently used were subject of criticism, mainly from perspectives of philosophy and psychology.
Present methodological thesis aims to raise this topic as a current issue and to open the discussion about this problem, so far standing outside of major attention. The text presents a critical overview of major approaches to measuring the consiousness and reporting consious intentions.
It analyzes the traditional post hoc approach ilustrated by Libet's task and compares it with alternative approaches striving for mapping the consiousness in the real time.