GenPsych Course 2020, Consciousness... 4: Functions of Consciousness
Channel: Randall O'Reilly
Date: 2020-10-19

Lecture 4 of 6 for Chapter 3: Consciousness, Drugs, Sleep & Dreams
Principles of Psychology & Neuroscience Textbook: https://PrinciplesOfPsych.org

The potential cognitive functions of consciousness -- is it just an epiphenomenon or does it actually do some useful work for us?  Metacognition in particular may be very important functionally.