Consciousness

Question 1

Pinker: 3 possible meanings to consciousness

Answer 1

sentience (ability to have emotional reactions)
access to information
self awareness

Question 2

Are we really free to do what we feel?

Answer 2

at least some of our conscious decisions are already prepared pre-consciously

Question 3

brain areas associated with consciousness?

Answer 3

no single area
parietal lobe essential for spatial awareness

Question 4

Baars and Franklin: global neural workspace theory

Answer 4

most info is unconscious and processed locally
info goes to global workspace (broadcasted across the brain to other processors)

Question 5

Dehaene and Naccache’s theory: 3 states of consciousness

Answer 5

conscious state
pre-conscious state
subliminal state

Question 6

What is visual activation and selective attention like in conscious state?

Answer 6

+ visual attention
+ selective attention

Question 7

What is visual activation and selective attention like in pre-conscious state?

Answer 7

+ visual activation
- selective attention

Question 8

What is visual activation and selective attention like in subliminal state?

Answer 8

• visual activation
  + selective attention

Question 9

Which hemisphere may be home to the ‘narrative self’?

Answer 9

the left hemisphere