Cognitive/volitional consciousness

Cognitive/volitional consciousness, the perception of a psychic experience, the apperception of the self, and... 

We assume that whenever a drive is acquired, chains of ICRs are fixed, and also neurons responsible for emotions are coupled to the integral whole thus, cognitive/volitional consciousness is necessarily inseparable from an affective state of consciousness. 

Whenever the sonata is correctly played, the sequence of the sounds must be the same. The initiated listener who can perceive and even check the exactness of the performance is not satisfied by technical brilliance alone. He takes real delight in the indefinable, emotional side of the presentation, in the individual quality and richness of the appurtenances. Being enraptured by the performance he may even overlook some minor technical laxness. Thus, the physiology that makes cognitive/volitional consciousness necessarily inseparable from an affective state of consciousness, and the limitless individual differences in the appurtenances allow that the same piece of music can be presented in an emotionally endless variety. 

Believers in the view that the brain has its self deny this duality. They declare that the psychic experience, the cognitive/volitional and affective state of consciousness, the most amazing product of nature, is inseparable from measurable changes in brain neurons. The objective and subjective aspects of brain activity are thought to be as interrelated as the outside and the inside of one and the same thing. This study is an exercise in support of this opinion on the basis of the following new argument ... 

The ability to fix ICRs and acquire drives made the development of social life possible. These are the brain mechanisms through which individuals influence each other s behavior and learn thereby to work together toward a common goal. The evolution of a brain with the capacity to fix ICRs and acquire drives was obviously the last revolutionary step in the development of life on earth. Thus organisms having a brain the operation of which was inseparable from some form of cognitive/volitional and affective states of consciousness appeared. 

The limitless capacity of the human cortex to fix ICRs and acquire drives -in conjunction with the development of language - made possible an unmatched interpersonal communication. This unique facility made the cognitive/volitional and affective states of consciousness of the human brain and, as a consequence of it, human social life, unparalleled. Because of the lack of similar developments in animals, there is no way to obtain direct evidence about the nature of their psychic experiences. Nevertheless, observation of the goal-seeking behavior of properly trained monkeys, dogs, horses,and so on furnishes convincing indirect evidence for the assumption that the operation of ICRs and acquired drives even in animals is inseparable from an archetype of consciousness. 

Since the operation of cortical neurons belonging to Groups 3 or 4 is inseparable not only from cognitive/volitional perception, but also from an affective state of consciousness, it is a natural law that the individual strives for pleasant goals and tries to avoid unpleasant operations. Accordingly, the community manipulates its subjects with a sophisticated system of time-honored rewards and punishments. The creation of the myth of an other world was the most influential invention of the past that rendered the maintenance of peaceful order in human society possible. According to this myth, the soul is immortal. The short, transient earthly period of fife is therefore of minor importance. A human whose earthly existence was honest reaps his reward in the other world, while the evil-hearted receives severe punishment. 

The PET and fMRI studies do, however, help us enormously when it comes to understanding the aspects of dream consciousness that are the result of losses of waking capability. Here I refer to those deficits in cognition, like poor memory, disorientation, weakened volition, poor judgment, and lack of insight that go with the memory loss. The vivid visual hallucinations and the exaggerated emotions are aspects and, sure... 

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