Chapter 16 Consciousness

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

can be seen as the normal mental condition of the waking state of humans, characterized by the experience of perceptions, thoughts, feelings, awareness of the external world, and often in humans… self-awareness

Question 2

Vegetative state:

Answer 2

a condition produced by brain damage in which there is wakefulness but an apparent lack of awareness and purposeful behavior.

Question 3

• recurrent processing

Answer 3

involves feedback from higher to lower areas, producing extensive interactions between different areas.

Question 4

masking

Answer 4

when an initial visual stimulus is followed shortly afterwards by a second visual stimulus, the second stimulus often prevents conscious perception of the first