waking consciousness

collocation in English

meaningsofwakingandconsciousness

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waking
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
used to refer to a period of time or an experience during which you ...
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consciousness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs/us
/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of understanding and ...
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(Definition ofwakingandconsciousnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This ancient form ofwakingconsciousnessmay have come to be actively suppressed in order for higher brain evolution to proceed efficiently.
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Empirical dream research has shown that dream consciousness is organized along the same lines as ourwakingconsciousness.
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May one assume the return of experiences lost towakingconsciousnessvery early on - perhaps even with great frequency?
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Linking dreaming to the function of individual transmitter systems is no doubt simplistic, given the multiplicity of transmitters that - as inwakingconsciousnessor cognition - are likely to be involved.
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The film is told as a labyrinthine montage of recreated memories that surface in thewakingconsciousness of the vanquished past that the protagonist can not bring himself to confront.
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This is in contrast towakingconsciousness, where higher levels of norepinephrine and acetylcholine inhibit recurrent connections in the neocortex.
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It is the background that underlies and transcends the three common states of consciousness ofwakingconsciousness, dreaming, and dreamless sleep.
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Scientific research has established that the mind and normalwakingconsciousnessare closely connected with the physiological functioning of the brain, the cessation of which defines brain death.
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He called these selves the "unihipili" (subconscious, inner, emotional, intuitive), "uhane" (wakingconsciousness, rational) and "aumakua" (super-conscious, connection with the divine).
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It suggests the possibility that the state ofwakingconsciousnessis only present in humans due to the evolution of extensive cortical structures within the brain.
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