PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.1: Brain Death, Freudian Slip, Subliminal Stimuli
9 Nov 2016
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* people can be conscious of their surroundings even they do not appear to be. * conscious experiences are associated with brain activity. ** consciousness is a subjective experience: definition: consciousness refers to moment by moment subjective experiences. Ex) paying attention to your immediate surroundings, reflecting on your current thoughts is another. You are conscious because you are experiencing the outside world through your senses and because you know that you are thinking. Your brain is regulating your body temperature, controlling your breathing, calling up memories as necessary, and so on. You are not just conscious of the brain operation. The mind is physically distinct from the brain: dualism. Most psychologist believed that the brain and the mind are inseparable. : the activity of neurons in the brain produces the contents of consciousness: the sight of a face, the smell of a rose. Conscious experience is usually unified and coherent.
