PS260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Qualia, Joe Camel, Processing Fluency
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We tend to think of seeing as the same as visual awareness . D. b developed a tumor in occipital complex. After removal, d. b could not see anything in the left half of the world in front of him. D. b insisted he could not see items, but he could guess their identity and location correctly. They showed that seeing is not the same as visual awareness. Consciousness is not needed for visual perception. Consciousness a state of awareness of sensations or ideas, such that we can: Know what it feels like to experience these sensations and ideas. Report to others that we are aware of these sensations and ideas. Cognitive unconscious the broad set of mental activities of which people are completely unaware but that make possible ordinary thinking, remembering, reasoning, and so on. Mental activities below the level of awareness that make cognition possible. People briefly shown the letters corn or cqrn .
