higher order consciousness

higher order consciousness

nonsensory conscious experiences, including abstract ideas, language-dependent thinking, and self-consciousness. Compare sensory consciousness. [proposed by U.S. neuroscientist Gerald M. Edelman (1929–2014) and others]

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