;Definition: Introspective consciousness is a perception-like awareness of current states and activities in our own mind. The current activities will include sense-perception: which latter is the awareness of current states and activities of our environment and our body.<ref>Güven Güzeldere; ''Is consciousness the perception of what passes in one's own mind?'', 1995, citing Amstrong D. ''The nature of mind and other essays'', 1980</ref>
For a distinction of various forms of introspection and general information on the neuroanatomical basis of consciousness, cf. [[introspection]].
== Conscious and unconscious processing ==