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vinney12

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Describe the relationship of conscious decisions and movements. What may this relationship reveal about consciousness?
 
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To propose that consciousness is a fundamental property essentially means that ____.
 
  a. we know it to be the fundamental unit of life
 b. we know it to be transient, and occurring at random times
 c. we have given up on explaining it
 d. we have a better understanding of how it occurs in the brain



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Each of us has the feeling, I consciously decide to do something, and then I do it.. That sequence seems so obvious that we might not even question it, but research casts doubt on this assumption. Research indicates that the brain activity responsible for the movement apparently began before the person's conscious decision to move. The results seem to indicate that your conscious decision does not cause your action. Rather, you become conscious of the decision after the process leading to action has already been underway for about 300 ms. None of these results deny that you make a voluntary decision. The implication, however, is that what we identify as a conscious decision is the perception of a gradual brain process. It probably begins with unconscious processes that build up to a certain level before they become conscious.

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vinney12

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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