Consciousness
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Consciousness means being awake, alert and responsive with the environment.[1] The definition of consciousness may differ in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy and other related sciences.
Consciousness is a spectrum. There are several states between a fully conscious state and a fully unconscious state. In medicine, the degree of loss of consciousness is measured by using Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); a score between 3 and 15 is given to each person at any time, to show how conscious he or she is. Higher scores show more conscious states.
The opposite of consciousness is subconsciousness/unconsciousness. This means people do things that are instinctive and do not think about them like breathing and making one's heart beat.
[change] References
- ↑ Dorland, W.A. Newman. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (29th edition ed.). WB Saunders. ISBN 0-8089-2186-X
