Consciousness Vs Awareness

[gaillarkin]

Give us the information about the impact of stimulus on our memory!!!

[reasonable]

Here's a good talk by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on the latest progress made in understanding consciousness:

http://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness.html

[reasonable]

Well the duration of an event is often neglected by our memory. We are more adapt to remember the beginning, the end, and the peak of a particular memory. Our minds are good story tellers, and like to create a condensed summary of the events that occurred. Our memories can often be biased, and by no means resemble an exact photocopy of what happened. (For most people anyway)

[reasonable]

Take a gander at this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120208180057.htm

"Memory Strengthened by Stimulating Key Site in Brain"

[marshjose]

Here's a good talk by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on the latest progress made in understanding consciousness:

http://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness.html

The link you have shared has been very much helpful for me...

[reasonable]

I'm glad I could help

[Wieslaw]

Extremely interesting discussion. But as far as awareness is defined quite adequate, I feel some insufficiency of  definitions of consciousness formulated here.
According to my understanding of this notion, consciousness is the process of construction of the model of scenery, environment or the world and understanding our own position in this environment. For details see my paper here: http://mindconsciousness.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/machine-mind/

Therefore the consciousness is not 0-1 state. There is gradation of conscious states and stages which is correlated with the complexity of the model. Higher level of consciousness needs symbolic description, therefore conscious agent need to have a language. Consequently we have to accept, that the consciousness is highly correlated with intelligence and language.

Some scientist then assign consciousness to those animals which exhibit social behaviors and developed language to some extend. (i.e. anthropoid apes and possibly also dolphins, elephants, dogs etc.) 

[prakasharige]

I think both are same. By keeping yourself conscious of your actions, the awareness comes into existence. Off-course this is very difficult task. But through continuous practice you can achieve this. Just to watch your actions with full consciousness and to avoid automatic actions. I think living in the presence will help to achieve this. Usually, almost everybody either thinks of the past or future instead of living in the presence.     

[Wieslaw]

I think both are same.... Usually, almost everybody either thinks of the past or future instead of living in the presence.     

OK, but where is the space for model and understanding of environment, world, universe? Where is the space for world outlook? The awareness of our activity not exhaust the subject.

[daltontom7782]

Hi,
I read this conversation, it is really interesting. For me, the big problem is to define "consciousness" without using the expression "consciousness". Therfore, I think it's not usefull to explain it with scenarios had been you are really uncoscious, even though everybody realizes what we represent.
Just what do you think about the following definition: A conscious perception is certainly one which produces a memory trace, in comparison, there are perceptions you can be particularly aware of as well as probably furthermore respond to but if everybody asks us later on, we are not able to remember.
I'd like to pick up on the opinion.

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[Wieslaw]

Each computerized recorder produces traces in its memory while obviously it is not conscious of registered signals.
Conscious perception appears, when the system can compare observed scenario with the model of environment which was created in its memory during previous experience as I explained in my earlier posts and in the paper here: http://mindconsciousness.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/episodic-memory-key-to-thinking/. The system must be able to learn new knowledge, remember it and find similarity between percepts.