PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Frontal Lobe, Visual Cortex, Qualia
12 Oct 2018
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What is consciousness? a state of awareness of sensations or ideas. What is the cognitive unconscious? mental activities below the level of awareness that make cognition possible. What are metacognitive skills? skills in monitoring and controlling own mental processes. Workspace neurons connect one area of the brain to another. Integrated activity provides the biological basis for consciousness. What happens when you are sleeping? communication breaks down among different parts of the cortex, so that the brain"s various activities are not coordinated with one another. What is access consciousness? one"s sensitivity to certain types of information (and thus one"s access to that information) Centres on what it actually feels like to have certain experiences. What is qualia? subjective experience of phenomenal consciousness.
