noetic

adj. describing a state of knowledge or memory in which there is awareness of the known or remembered thing but not of one’s personal experience in relation to that thing. Noetic consciousness is a kind of consciousness in which one is aware of facts, concepts, words, and meanings but not of any connection to one’s own experience. Compare anoetic; autonoetic. [defined by Endel Tulving]

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December 19th 2024

hunger center

see feeding center.