Consciousness

= Definition = Everything of which we are aware at any given time---our thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions of the external environment. Gen Psych Chapter 4, pp. 109-110

Consciousness is the quality or state of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. 1369331229

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 * When someone is alert and paying attention in class and is aware of what the teacher is talking about they are conscious of the lesson.
 * Arriving home from shopping and being able to recollect the drive home.

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=In the News:= [|The Brain: The Mystery of Consciousness] It shouldn't be surprising that research on consciousness is alternately exhilarating and disturbing. No other topic is like it. As René Descartes noted, our own consciousness is the most indubitable thing there is. The major religions locate it in a soul that survives the body's death to receive its just deserts or to meld into a global mind. For each of us, consciousness is life itself...

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