A respirator belt and sensors attached to three fingers measure several functions unconsciously controlled by the peripheral nervous system: breathing rate, heart rate and skin conductivity (perspiration).
In the life sciences, we know by means of hads that irrational animals carry out their biological functions unconsciously [ed. 424].
At the same time he conceives it as having substance, as being some kind of spirit which carries out its functions unconsciously.
Furthermore, some emotions may operate unconsciously.
But answering that question, and for that matter identifying the neural correlates of consciousness, requires that we be able to contrast some function performed consciously with that same function performed unconsciously.
Although this, at least arguably, is cognitive and representational rather than a purely physiological function, unlike imagery it functions automatically and unconsciously, and is quite outside our voluntary control.
Among these systems, your respiratory system is the only one that functions both consciously and unconsciously -- you don't have to think about breathing in and out, but you can consciously slow or quicken your breathing.
However unconsciously, Everyman adapts the past to serve his most pressing needs, thereby functioning as "his own historian".
This function is carried out unconsciously in sleep when people are living emotionally well-balanced lives.
Its controlling patterns operate almost totally unconsciously.
The second set of questions had the form "Is this feature useful for something?" and were used to let us conclude if teleological explanations were given by children in order to refer to a particular function or role or if they unconsciously used teleological language without having any function or role in mind.
