enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Damasio's theory of consciousness - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damasio's_theory_of...

    The protoself is an unconscious process that creates a "map" of the body's physiological state, which is then used by the brain to generate conscious experience. This "map" is constantly updated as the brain receives new stimuli from the body, and it forms the foundation for the development of more complex forms of consciousness.

  3. Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness

    In other words: consciousness can be known directly, so the reality of consciousness is more certain than any philosophical or scientific theory that says otherwise. [83] Chalmers concludes that "there is little doubt that something like the Moorean argument is the reason that most people reject illusionism and many find it crazy." [84]

  4. Consciousness - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness

    Apart from the general question of the "hard problem" of consciousness (which is, roughly speaking, the question of how mental experience can arise from a physical basis [65]), a more specialized question is how to square the subjective notion that we are in control of our decisions (at least in some small measure) with the customary view of ...

  5. Multiple drafts model - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_drafts_model

    Like a number of other theories, the Multiple Drafts model understands conscious experience as taking time to occur, such that percepts do not instantaneously arise in the mind in their full richness. The distinction is that Dennett's theory denies any clear and unambiguous boundary separating conscious experiences from all other processing.

  6. Stream of consciousness (psychology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness...

    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]

  7. Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/consciousness-connect...

    The notion that quantum physics must be the underlying mechanism for consciousness first emerged in the 1990s, when Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose, Ph.D., and anesthesiologist Stuart ...

  8. Emotion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion

    In other words, people consider their emotional experiences as part of the decision-making process. Information Processing Strategies: The model suggests that affect can influence the strategies people use to process information. Positive affect might lead to a more heuristic or "top-down" processing style, whereas negative affect might lead to ...

  9. Consciousness: how can I experience things that aren't 'real'?

    www.aol.com/news/consciousness-experience-things...

    The experience of a colour can be profound, but it doesn't really exist other than in our minds.