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BS 173 Exploring the Unconscious Origins Of Certainty

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Basic Biology of Cognition

Both conscious and unconscious thoughts are likely to be rooted in the same mechanisms. The key idea is that we know the nature and quality of our thoughts via feelings, not reason. Our brain even has sensory systems that selectively tell us when we're thinking a thought. This explains how we experience cause and effect intentionality or absence.

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