A distinction is drawn between non-conscious (unexperienced), conscious (experienced), and meta-conscious (re-represented) mental processes. There is evidence for two types of dissociations between consciousness and meta-consciousness, the latter being defined as the intermittent explicit re-representation of the contents of consciousness. Temporal dissociations occur when an individual, who pr...

The word consciousness has different meanings to people. Michael Graziano argues that the three major perspectives on – spiritual, hard problem, and self-model represent a progression in our understanding, with only framework able account for subjective experience.