Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis
The central and autonomic communications affecting cognition, emotions, and visceral functions, are determined by the interaction of unconscious and conscious processes. In this regard, we discuss two basic hypotheses. First, unconscious and conscious processes form a dynamic organizational continuu...
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| description | The central and autonomic communications affecting cognition, emotions, and visceral functions, are determined by the interaction of unconscious and conscious processes. In this regard, we discuss two basic hypotheses. First, unconscious and conscious processes form a dynamic organizational continuum. Second, emotions, which are unconscious forms of feeling, characterize the response of an organism to any internal change disturbing homeostasis or to any change in the exterior of the organism detected via specialized sensory probes. The former hypothesis is illustrated by discussing aspects of visual perception. The validity of the second hypothesis is supported by discussing interactions between unconscious and conscious process necessary for maintaining energy and water balance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e372dc6593ff433ba0a53e4f2116060d2025-02-07T06:49:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532025-02-011910.3389/fnbeh.2025.15161271516127Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasisAthanassios S. Fokas0Nikos K. Logothetis1Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomInternational Center for Primate Brain Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaThe central and autonomic communications affecting cognition, emotions, and visceral functions, are determined by the interaction of unconscious and conscious processes. In this regard, we discuss two basic hypotheses. First, unconscious and conscious processes form a dynamic organizational continuum. Second, emotions, which are unconscious forms of feeling, characterize the response of an organism to any internal change disturbing homeostasis or to any change in the exterior of the organism detected via specialized sensory probes. The former hypothesis is illustrated by discussing aspects of visual perception. The validity of the second hypothesis is supported by discussing interactions between unconscious and conscious process necessary for maintaining energy and water balance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1516127/fullmental imageunconscious-conscious continuumbinocular rivalryvisual bi-stabilityemotions-feelings |
| spellingShingle | Athanassios S. Fokas Nikos K. Logothetis Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience mental image unconscious-conscious continuum binocular rivalry visual bi-stability emotions-feelings |
| title | Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis |
| title_full | Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis |
| title_fullStr | Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis |
| title_short | Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis |
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