Sentences with phrase «of conscious thought»

We are aware of a tiny fraction of the thinking that goes on in our minds, and we can control only a tiny part of our conscious thoughts.

They found that babies as young as 5 months showed signs of conscious thought and even memory.

Much of our conscious thought takes the form of an internal narrative in which we try to understand ourselves and our actions.

It can be a stream of conscious thoughts, diary entries, or long narratives.

On the other hand, there's something about it that bothers me, itching the back of my brain, not quite in the realm of conscious thought.

As an object, it makes reference to the physical manifestation of conscious thought removed and displayed for observation.

Reflection is the power of conscious thought which distinguishes Man from all other living creatures (the animal that not only knows but knows that it knows).

There it is — the belief that usually resides deep beneath the surface of conscious thought, safe from examination and extrication, but was born in biblical times, solidified in the days of the Enlightenment, and codified into colonial law in 1660 through the racialization of Virginia slave codes.

It is then, during the brief quasi-conscious state known as «lucid dreaming,» that he merges the logic of his conscious thought with the relaxation of inhibition engendered by his dreams to arrive at many of his most startling insights.

Donald Griffin, a cognitive ethologist, adopts an approach similar to the emphasis on novelty found in Whitehead's definition of consciousness and suggests that the best evidence of conscious thinking and feeling in animals is provided by examples of actions which are versatile and adaptable to changing circumstances, as well as actions which involve interactive steps in a sequence of appropriate behavior patterns (AT 35).

What robots can never have, which humans have, argues Bringsjord, is phenomenological consciousness: «the first - hand experience of conscious thought», as Justin Hart of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, puts it.

It's easy to be aware of your conscious thoughts and shift them into more positive, healthy patterns.To work on the subconscious thoughts, you must be willing to release your negative mental programming and step out of your comfort zone in order to make room for a positive, healthy self - image and belief system.

I've talked in several other articles about actual PROOF of how using the power of conscious thought in your mind can help bring about those changes in your body (aka placebo effect).

«Then the information is stored in the neocortex, the center of our conscious thought.

I didn't need to use an iota of conscious thought, no «hey I wonder which button I should press?»

A mélange of hands, eyes, plants and feet in pastel colors channel the unconscious into fantastical dreamscape and free the mind of conscious thought.

The thematic analysis revealed one main theme: Sensing an unconscious and conscious state of mind, and two themes: A sudden emotional awareness and reflection, and arousal of conscious thought processes.

Notwithstanding their practical utility, however, self - report measures have one very important short - coming in the face of attachment research: the use of self - report measures always involves the use of conscious thought, hence constitute a reflection of self - evaluation, that is always affected by a subjective view of oneself, that in turn, is influenced by how one wished to be / to be seen [25 — 27].

HUMANS are rather proud of their powers of conscious thought — and rightly so.

«The belief that usually resides deep beneath the surface of conscious thought, safe from examination and extrication, but was born in biblical times, solidified in the days of the Enlightenment, and codified into colonial law in 1660 through the racialization of Virginia slave codes.

Furthermore, although Hartshorne believes that everyone actually has some faith in God, he points out that some of the traditional philosophical proofs for the existence of God, when revised to fit the neoclassical deity, may be relevant and useful in bringing to the level of conscious thought the awareness of God which all men feel.

This is why nudge thinking may be faltering — its understanding of human nature unnecessarily (and perhaps expediently) downgrades our powers of conscious thought.

These emotional memories are often implicit and non-verbal, located in lower brain centres, below the level of our conscious thoughts.