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Explore the complexities of consciousness, from sentience to self-knowledge, and delve into cognitive feelings like familiarity and recollection. Discover the challenges of consciousness via drug experiences, split-brain individuals, and more. Learn about metacognition and gain insights into our cognitive awareness and memory processes.
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Memory in the Real World Chapter 12 Consciousness
Definitions • Sentience—subjective experience • Access to information—ability to report on mental experience • Self-knowledge—whether organism can know itself and its impact on world
Problems with consciousness • Absence seizures • Drug-related experiences • Split-brain individuals • Blindsight
Cognitive feelings • Tip of the tongue phenomenon • Familiarity • Recollection • Feeling of knowing • Aha! Eureka! • Uncertainty • Ease of processing
General principles • Pp. 334-335 comment related to principle 1: we are better at metamemory than at metacomprehension
Metacognition • Systemic awareness—knowing how your memory system works • Epistemic awareness—knowing what we know • Online awareness—monitoring ongoing processes (as in prospective memory)