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== Introspective consciousness ==
;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]].
→Meanings of the term consciousness
Arguably, this conception of consciousness is the primary target of [[global neuronal workspace theory]] and its prediction of conscious "ignition", a sudden, late and sustained firing in GNW neurons should a stimulus be perceived consciously.<ref>Dehaene, Stanislas, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Lionel Naccache. "The global neuronal workspace model of conscious access: from neuronal architectures to clinical applications." Characterizing consciousness: From cognition to the clinic?. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011. 55-84.</ref>
== Introspective consciousness ==
;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 mechanism ==
Intentional mental states can be conscious according to this conception, but also beliefs or sensory states such as sensations.
== Conscious and unconscious processing ==
