• Question: What is consciousness?

    Asked by anon-182550 on 22 Jun 2018.
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      Laurent Dupays answered on 22 Jun 2018:

      This is a good question but a really difficult concept to explain. There are a lot of definitions depending if you are a psychologist, a neuroscientist or a philosopher. Consciousness means being awake and responsive with the environment. It is a state in which you are aware of yourself and things around you

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      Laura Hemming answered on 24 Jun 2018:

      From a Psychological perspective, cosnciousness refers to the things that go on in our head that we are aware of. Freud, a famous psychoanalyst, spent lots of time researching the subconscious. He claimed that lots of mental health issues were in fact a result of dark things in our subconscious that were trying to get through to consciousness. Most famously, Freud claimed that our dreams were a result of our subconscious thoughts trying to get through to our consciousness.

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      Ashley Akbari answered on 24 Jun 2018:

      Not something I am familiar with but Laurent and Laura with some great answers

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      Lauren Burns answered on 26 Jun 2018:

      I agree with the other scientists here. Consciousness is interested, and the existence of it is highly debated. Do other animals experience consciousness? Are people in a coma conscious? It is a really fascinating subject that is really difficult to find a solid answer for 🙂

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