Consciousness and Memory

Summary

The abstract discusses theoretical connections between three forms of consciousness—introspective, access, and phenomenal—and three types of memory: long-term, working, and iconic. It plans to examine how each form of consciousness relates to each memory type, but no results or empirical findings are presented.

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Abstract

This chapter is concerned with relationships between three forms of consciousness and three types of memory. The three forms of consciousness are introspective consciousnessaccess consciousnessand phenomenal consciousness.There are three types of memory that are arguably connected, either directly or indirectly, with one or more of the aforementioned forms of consciousness—long-term memory, working memory, and iconic memory. The chapter will consider the relationship between each type of consciousness and each type of memory.