Some types of first-person narrations of mental processes that constitute phenomenological accounts and texts, such as internal monolog statements, epitomize the best expressions and representations of human consciousness available and therefore may be used to model phenomenological streams of consciousness. The type of autonomous monolog in which an author or narrator declares actual mental pr...

More and more animations are now based on original comics. For instance, some Japanese anime perfectly recreate the comic drawings in their character expressions, including lines symbols. However, when these symbols played comics, they remain that scene. As Scott McCloud mentioned his book Understanding Comics, definitions of comics animation differ. Therefore, we cannot stipulate "sequential v...

the relation between serum osmolality, glucose, sodium, bicarbonate, arterial ph, bun and level of consciousness was studied in 189 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (dka). there was much overlap between all laboratory values among various groups, even when there was a statistically significant difference. to find a better predictor, we defined a new factor as serum osmolality/arterial ph. th...

introduction the current study introduces a case with adrenal insufficiency that was suspected to have congenital adrenal hypoplasia because of undescended testis and failure to thrive due to muscle involvement. case presentation the patient was a 34-month-old boy who had loss of consciousness, hypotension, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia and hyperkalemia with severe failure to thrive, hyper pigment...

The author provides a preliminary framework for a systematic and dynamic understanding of dissociation through a consideration of the theories of Hughlings Jackson. Jackson's ideas are briefly reviewed. He saw the proper scientific investigation of mental illness as an experimental investigation of mind. Accordingly, his argument begins with this fundamental concept. His views of the brain-mind...

This note examines some paradigms within cognitive science, in part through the lens of consciousness studies, a recent discipline which takes seriously the experience of having a mind. In particular, it discusses cognitivism and representationalism, and some challenges to them based on broader contexts than the individual. Much of this material comes from my experience as editor in chief of th...

One of the aspects of consciousness deserving of study is what might be called its subjective unity—the way in which, though conscious experience moves from object to object, and can be said to have distinct ‘states,’ it nevertheless in some sense apparently forms a singular flux divided only by periods of unconsciousness. The work of William James provides a valuable, and rather unique, source...