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Consciousness and the brain

P V Simonov1

  • 1Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology
|May 1, 1994
PubMed
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This study explores consciousness within human higher nervous activity, distinguishing subconsciousness and superconsciousness. Superconsciousness, linked to creativity and free will, involves emotional languages like beauty and conscience.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • The study builds upon I.P. Pavlov's emphasis on psychological understanding before physiological explanation.
  • It addresses the complex nature of consciousness as a phenomenon of human higher nervous activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To precisely define the content and origin of consciousness.
  • To differentiate between subconsciousness and superconsciousness within unconscious mental activity.
  • To explore the emotional languages of superconsciousness and their role in behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis and theoretical substantiation.
  • Distinction of psychological phenomena within higher nervous activity.
  • Examination of the relationship between objective behavior and subjective freedom.

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Main Results:

  • Substantiates the necessity of distinguishing subconsciousness and superconsciousness.
  • Describes the emotional languages of superconsciousness: beauty, humor, and conscience.
  • Proposes that superconsciousness, through experience recombination, underlies self-determined behavior and creativity.

Conclusions:

  • Consciousness is a key phenomenon of human higher nervous activity.
  • Superconsciousness, characterized by emotional languages, drives creative activity and the experience of free will.
  • The apparent contradiction between determined behavior and free choice is resolved through their supplementary nature.