"Consciousness" is the feeling that each individual has of his own existence (self-awareness) and also the state which permits him to perceive his environment (consciousness and wakefulness). These two types of consciousness, apparently quite different, are in fact the two converging stems of the perceptions that the nervous system provides to the organism. To explain this better, it is necessa...

What is consciousness? Consciousness continues to be an illdefined concept, so I shall start by discussing how the term is used in this special issue. As discussed in Overgaard and Overgaard (2010), there is an important distinction between level of consciousness and content of consciousness. Level of consciousness refers to a dimension that varies from coma at one extreme, through sleep and, a...

Background: Most drug overdoses are due to suicidal attempts. This study was designed to analyze the risks and risk factors of poisoned patients with repeated suicidal attempt in Iran. Methods: This case-control study was conducted at Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran, during April to May 2008. Eighty-seven patients who were admitted due to drug overdose with loss of consciousness were enrol...

narration is a cognitive tool to understand the experience flow and the theses of analysis of stream of consciousness is considered as one of the most recent and popular methods of analyses of literary works. in the stream of consciousness method, for a detailed and momentum description, the content of thought has a central function and appears in the form of narrative tips and techniques like ...

The neurosciences have advanced to the point that we can now treat consciousness as a scienti¢c problem like any other. The problem is to explain how brain processes cause consciousness and how consciousness is realized in the brain. Progress is impeded by a number of philosophical mistakes, and the aim of this paper is to remove nine of those mistakes: (i) consciousness cannot be de¢ned; (ii) ...

cinema is a multidimensional art capable of affecting our neurophysiologic structure in different ways. studies show that different parts of the brain are activated while watching a structured film and consequently, the movie imitates consciousness structure. this imitation of the consciousness structure enables cinema to deeply influence the brain. the effect and its manner are the main themes...

extract  although there are new ways to portray the brain, colored and computerized encephalography but coma is still unknown and such as death remain beyond comprehension and knowing. is not it ?   perhaps because of this, despite knowing that some part of the brain is not yet fully understood all its parts. but knowing the components that working to each other is key for discovering a lot of ...

Functionalists about consciousness identify consciousness with a role; physicalists identify consciousness with an implementer of that role. The global workspace theory of consciousness fits the functionalist perspective, but the physicalist sees consciousness as a biological phenomenon that implements global accessibility.

The neurosciences have advanced to the point that we can now treat consciousness as a scientific problem like any other. The problem is to explain how brain processes cause consciousness and how consciousness is realized in the brain. Progress is impeded by a number of philosophical mistakes, and the aim of this paper is to remove nine of those mistakes: (i) consciousness cannot be defined; (ii...