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In psychology, the subconscious is the part of the mind that is not currently of focal awareness. The term was already popularized in the early 20th century in areas ranging from psychology, religion and spirituality. [1] The concept was heavily popularized by Joseph Murphy's 1963 self-help book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. [2]
What's traditionally called the "subconscious mind" isn't a "mind" but a cybernetic mechanism built on our nervous system. it can accept a goal--image and an emotion determines if it accepts it The mechanism has sensing equipment like the eyes and ears The various systems, primarily the musculature and nervous systems, propel the mechanism
The functional-equivalency hypothesis is that mental images are "internal representations" that work in the same way as the actual perception of physical objects. [33] In other words, the picture of a dog brought to mind when the word dog is read is interpreted in the same way as if the person was observing an actual dog before them.
Progress in neuropsychology and neurophilosophy has come from focusing on the body rather than the mind. In this context the neuronal correlates of consciousness may be viewed as its causes, and consciousness may be thought of as a state-dependent property of an undefined complex , adaptive, and highly interconnected biological system.
Unconscious thought theory runs counter to decades of mainstream research on unconscious cognition (see Greenwald 1992 [4] for a review). Many of the attributes of unconscious thought according to UTT are drawn from research by George Miller and Guy Claxton on cognitive and social psychology, as well as from folk psychology; together these portray a formidable unconscious, possessing some ...
Active imagination refers to a process or technique of engaging with the ideas or imaginings of one's mind. It is used as a mental strategy to communicate with the subconscious mind. In Jungian psychology, it is a method for bridging the conscious and unconscious minds. Instead of being linked to the Jungian process, the phrase "active ...
Early Buddhist scriptures describe the "stream of consciousness" (Pali; viññāna-sota) where it is referred to as the Mind Stream. [6] [7] [8] The practice of mindfulness, which is about being aware moment-to-moment of one's subjective conscious experience [9] aid one to directly experience the "stream of consciousness" and to gradually cultivate self-knowledge and wisdom. [6]
These early studies found initially that "although humans are far from infallible in their efforts to diagnose lies, they are substantially better at the task than would result merely by chance." [ 12 ] Additionally, research has shown that deception and suspected deception occurs in at least one quarter of all conversations.