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stimulus

Also known as: stimuli

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The Problem of Hard and Easy Problems cambridge.org Cambridge University Press Mar 31, 2023 3 facts

quoteThe blindsight subject cannot image the stimulus, about which he has just guessed, in relation to other stimuli, or to their spatial setting, because it is not perceived.

referenceFunctionalist theories of the mind, as discussed by McLaughlin (2006), define mental states as causal relations between stimuli, other mental states, and behavioral responses, where a function acts as a causal mediator.

claimA popular interpretation posits that the subjective threshold measures a subject's conscious awareness of a stimulus and their decisions on how to act, rather than the stimulus itself or the subject's perceptual acuity, which are measured by the objective threshold.

Attention and Consciousness Overview | PDF | Priming (Psychology) scribd.com Scribd 1 fact

claimSignal detection theory posits that the ability to detect a stimulus depends on both the intensity of the stimulus and the physical and psychological state of the individual.

Attention and Consciousness in Psychology | PDF - Scribd scribd.com Scribd 1 fact

claimSignal detection theory explains the psychological process of how humans detect important stimuli among irrelevant ones.

The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Frontiers in Psychology Nov 25, 2024 1 fact

claimThe character of a given quale serves as the mediator for a conscious real-time response to a specific stimulus.

4.5 Consciousness – Cognitive Psychology nmoer.pressbooks.pub Pressbooks 1 fact

claimThe human brain can process information, such as determining if a number is greater than 5, and initiate motor responses, such as preparing a key press, without the individual having conscious awareness of the stimulus. This was demonstrated in a study by Dehaene et al. (1998).

Thinking about the action potential: the nerve signal as a window to ... frontiersin.org Frontiers 1 fact

procedureDuring neuronal excitation, a stimulus destabilizes the resting, compact-form of the cortical cytoskeletal gel layer, leading to a fast exchange with monovalent ions, particularly sodium (Na+), which converts a resting zone into an excited zone.

Scientists Identify the Evolutionary “Purpose” of Consciousness scitechdaily.com SciTechDaily Nov 27, 2025 1 fact

claimCrows possess nerve cells that react according to the animal's internal subjective perception of a stimulus, rather than just reflecting the physical presence of the stimulus.

Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy May 23, 2001 1 fact

claimMalebranche's occasionalism posits that God must intervene between volition and action, and between stimulus and sensation, to account for the interaction between mind and the physical world.

Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and ... - Nature nature.com Nature Apr 30, 2025 1 fact

claimIntegrated Information Theory (IIT) predicts sustained neural activation for the duration of the stimulus, with the response returning to baseline after stimulus offset.