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Conscious and unconscious: the mind's eye, open and closed (Early…

- - - - Gorillas in our midst
    - - CHANGE BLINDNESS
    - - DICHOTIC LISTENING
      - COCKTAIL PARTY PHENOMENON
        
        own name mentioned
        
        even during sleep
    - - the limited capacity of working memory.
        
        The Necker cube
      - William James: A river or stream
  - - - you know and are able to report
        your mental state.
      - not only thinking about things but also thinking about the fact that you are thinking about things
    - - deeply introspective about
        their thoughts, feelings or personal qualities.
      - Even humans don't have self-recognition right away
  - - - consciousness is dominated by the immediate environment
      - GSR - emotionally punch
    - - daydreams reflect the mind's attempts to deal
        with difficult projects and problems.
    - - The attempt to change conscious states of mind
      - THOUGHT SUPPRESSION
        
        A white bear
        
        IRONIC PROCESSES OF MENTAL CONTROL
      - REBOUND EFFECT OF THOUGHT
        SUPPRESSION
- - - - QUALIA
        
        the bitterness of lemon juice, the redness of the colour red or the pain of rejection
      - A philosopher's zombie
      - MATERIALISM
      - ANTHROPOMORPHISM
        
        capacity for experience
        
        capacity for agency
    - - Descartes: pineal gland (wrong)
      - Benjamin Libet's
        
        the brain's activities precede the
        activities of the conscious mind
        
        consciousness may simply be making sense of our thoughts and actions after they have already been activated by unconscious processes.
        
        CHOICE BLINDNESS
        
        unaware of their decision-making processes and justify a choice as if it were already decided.
- - - - In some cases, however, the unconscious mind can make better decisions than the conscious mind.