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How does neural activity give way to subjective experience of the world/ Consciousness refers to the moment-by-moment subjective experiences, like reflecting on immediate surroundings. Has contents; things we are aware of and levels; coma, awake, sleepy. Rene descartes- dualism: mind physically distinct from brain. Variation in conscious experience levels of consciousness vary throught day (ex. Definition by william james: concsciousness is the continuous stream of thoights that float from one to another. Limited in we cant pay attention or be aware of everything. Automoatic atasks are done that require little consciousness. Controlled processing involves doing difficult taks that require lots of attention. In comas there are sleep/wake cycles where eyes appear awake and then close to appear to be asleep, but there no response to surrounding. When this condition latss for more than a month, it is called a vegetative state . Longer vegetative state, less the chances of recovering consciousness or showing normal brain acitivity.
