But the results are often seized upon in an ill-digested way by popular writers, occasionally the scientists themselves, as confirming that the animals have the linguistic competence and cognitive awareness of human beings.

Blending somatic and cognitive awareness, such an approach reaches back for inspiration to the pioneering work of Janet, as well as employing the more recent work of António Damásio.

But has low cognitive awareness, as she cannot distinguish between paintings and photographs.

This establishes the connection between speech and the development of mental concepts and cognitive awareness.

Donald Griffin, a zoology professor in the United States, set up the foundations for researches in the cognitive awareness of animals within their habitats.

Taste aversion does not require cognitive awareness to develop-that is, the subject does not have to consciously recognize a connection between the perceived cause (the taste) and effect (the negative feeling).

"We conclude that cognitive awareness is a prerequisite to recovery for loss of enjoyment of life," the court said.

Let's say his neural net's been modified so that data is interpreted as kinesthetic sensation, to allow the full function of brain and nervous system rather than merely cognitive awareness of data.

Organizations like Experience Corps, Dr. Suzman said, "appear to be precisely the kind of programs that can reduce disability and raise cognitive awareness."

Successful entrainment leads to a meditative, peaceful kind of dissociation, where the individual experiences a loss of somatic and cognitive awareness.