Sentence examples for indicator of consciousness from inspiring English sources
Plant behavior is, in other words, largely instinctive (deterministic), although located beyond the fringe of instinctive responses there is a brain-in-waiting – the plant's torpid behavior and its limited movement are indicative of a dormancy of consciousness: for Bergson, movement is always an indicator of consciousness, an idea rediscovered by Sheets-Johnstone.
Just as Blade Runner wondered whether its lifelike replicants could really fall in love, so Ex Machina spirals obsessively around the question not of artificial intelligence but artificial affection, worrying away at the authenticity of attraction as an indicator of consciousness itself.
Verbal report is widely considered to be the most reliable indicator of consciousness, but it raises a number of issues.
Mather (2008) argues that cephalopods exhibit many behavioral indicators of consciousness, including complex learning and spatial memory, as well as apparent play.
The last three of these can be used as indicators of consciousness when verbal behavior is absent.
Their reliability as indicators of consciousness is disputed, however, due to numerous studies showing that alert human subjects can be induced to behave purposefully in a variety of ways in spite of reporting a complete lack of awareness.
The presence of central reflexes are indicators of consciousness that are linked to functioning of the brain stem or spinal cord.
Objective measurement of indicators of consciousness and brain function, such as with processed electroencephalography signals, holds considerable promise, but has not achieved widespread implementation.
The consciousness monitor machine, index of consciousness (IoC), was introduced by the Morpheus Medical Company.
Others in particular the psychologist Victor Lamme (2006) and the philosopher Ned Block (2007) have argued that local recurrent activity between higher and lower areas within sensory cortex (e.g. with visual cortex) can suffice for phenomenal consciousness even in the absence of verbal reportability and other indicators of access consciousness.
"No Strings Attached" is, for one thing, the first boy-band album with a song about video cybersex, "Digital Get Down," a clear indicator of post-pubescent consciousness.
