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Memory Shapes Conscious Perception
- Conscious experiences rely on stored memories and learned templates to give objects and events meaning.
- Our brain continually applies these templates so perception feels familiar and 'right.'
Tacit Awareness Underpins Feeling Of Rightness
- Many brain processes are procedural and tacit, producing a fringe feeling of rightness beneath explicit awareness.
- That tacit awareness can be brought into attention and become explicitly reportable.
Therapy Vignette About Feeling 'Okay'
- LeDoux gives a therapy vignette: a client says "I'm not okay," later reports "I am okay," and therapy stops.
- He asks how the client knows, highlighting the role of a learned feeling of rightness.