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  2. Models of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    The theory and its models emphasize the importance of language, collective representations, self-conceptions, and self-reflectivity. It argues that the shape and feel of human consciousness is heavily social.

  3. The Big Brain Theory - Wikipedia

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    The Big Brain Theory is an American television show on the Discovery Channel that first aired in 2013, hosted by Kal Penn. [2] Eight episodes were produced. [ 3 ]

  4. Holonomic brain theory - Wikipedia

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    Holonomic brain theory is a branch of neuroscience investigating the idea that consciousness is formed by quantum effects in or between brain cells. Holonomic refers to representations in a Hilbert phase space defined by both spectral and space-time coordinates. [ 1 ]

  5. Activation-synthesis hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the waking state, the brain cannot recognize its own condition; that it is in the midst of the dream and is not the same as the real world. [1] The brain has a single-minded state of primary consciousness during dreaming, which allows the brain to reach greater perception and awareness of a single scenario out of images and dreams. [1]

  6. Andrew Stroup - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, Stroup appeared in the first season of Discovery Channel's reality TV series The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius, [12] an engineering competition consisting of 10 contestants from across the country, which aired from May to June 2013. Each week contestants were put to the test, competing against each other in two teams to design, build ...

  7. Mental representation - Wikipedia

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    The original or "classical" representational theory probably can be traced back to Thomas Hobbes and was a dominant theme in classical empiricism in general. According to this version of the theory, the mental representations were images (often called "ideas") of the objects or states of affairs represented.

  8. Mental rotation - Wikipedia

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    One of the theories concerning autism is the EMB (extreme male brain). This theory considers autistic people to have an "extreme male brain". In a study [33] from 2015, researchers confirmed that there is a difference between male and female in mental rotation task (by studying people without autism): males are more successful. Then they ...

  9. Image schema - Wikipedia

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    Other influences include Max Wertheimer's gestalt structure theory and Kant's account of schemas in categorization, as well as studies in experimental psychology on the mental rotation of images. In addition to the dissertation on over by Brugman, Lakoff's use of image schema theory also drew extensively on Talmy and Langacker's theories of ...