Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Both states of consciousness perceive the world, or our mental simulation of what we believe to be the world, as having less physical stability and greater responsiveness to our mental expectations and beliefs.
David Jay Brown • Dreaming Wide Awake
Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
Christof Koch • 33 highlights
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You wake up to a stream of consciousness, which is your perception of the world and its content, with you at the subjective center of the experience. Throughout the day this stream is the reason for everything you do. You get water because you’re thirsty, take turns while driving because you have a destination in mind, talk because you’re feeling g... See more
Neuroscience is pre-paradigmatic. Consciousness is why
neuroscientists are increasingly appreciating that consciousness is not an all-or-nothing state; rather, it is a continuum of different states. We say colloquially that this or that is happening in the subconscious mind as though it were a geographically separate part of the brain, somewhere down deep in a dank, dimly lit basement of the cranium. T
... See moreDaniel J. Levitin • The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
