• The fundamental link in the chain of neuropsychological events that constitute conscious awareness.
• A mental event composed of three elements: sensory data representing Reality, an affective component (the feelings the data engenders), and a cognitive component (language and reasoning-dependent) that provides meaning to the first two elements.
[Note: The duration that a given state of mind lasts is the subjective sense of the Present.]
See also: Affective, Cognitive, Feelings, Meaning, Present
STATE OF MIND
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