News tagged with conscious mind
A grudge match between humanity and death -- who wins?
Death can be terrifying. Recognizing that death is inescapable and unpredictable makes us incredibly vulnerable, and can invoke feelings of anxiety, hatred and fear. But new research by George Mason University psychology ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Researcher reports on animals' reflective minds
(PhysOrg.com) -- A principle area of investigation in the field of metacognition is the question of whether nonhuman animals can - like their human counterparts - monitor or self-regulate their own cognitive states and processes.
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Antonio Damasio probes the mind in his new book
Without consciousness - that is, a mind endowed with subjectivity - you would have no way of knowing who you are. -Antonio Damasio
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Now you see it, now you know you see it
There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Study Rules Out Fröhlich Condensates in Quantum Consciousness Model
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists don't fully understand how consciousness works, and, so far, no classical theories can explain consciousness in the brain. In light of this lack of understanding, some researchers ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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