Chapter 4

Cs ≠ attention
Involuntary attention: 1) cs decision to pay
attention, 2) ucs attentional activity, 3) targeted
cs contents
Metacogntion, overload, meditation, and lucid
dreaming
Absorption and the construction of reality
(suggestion and the power of the unopposed
idea)
Chapter 5: Contexts shape
experience
Priming (Cs or subliminal)
Fixedness in problem solving
Intentions (TOT as a complex, percept
like state) and expectations(e.g., Brunner)
Breaking context (e.g., damage to right
parietal cortex, trauma)
Chapter 6: Volition
“voluntary control” = “conscious control”
Ideomotor theory: conscious goal, Ucs
mechanisms (automatisms), Cs
feedback/steering
When there are competing goals, lack of
attention on one may propel the other
Very little control of mental contents (“white
bear effect”)
Suggestion as as “invitation to act” (impulsive)
Chapter 7: The self
Self-attribution,
long-term stability (deep,
unifying context)
Various types of self (as subject and object)
 Ecological/sensorimotor
 Interpersonal
 Extended
 Private
 Conceptual (Neisser, 1988)
 Narrative (including fabrications in agnosias)
Various forms of self-alterations (e.g., DID,
depersonalization)
Is the self a homunculus, a fiction, or…?
Chapter 8: Functions of Cs
 Prioritizing
 Problem-solving (creating access…)
 Decision making and executive control
 Optimizing trade-off between organization and
flexibility
 Recruit and control actions
 Error detection and editing
 Create access to the self
 Learning and adaptation
 Create a context
 Access resources