Consciousness
Term
Mental part encompassing various mental states, thoughts, emotions, perceptions, and memories. A sum of mental processes allowing a person to orient themselves in the environment, perceive time, oneself, guaranteeing the assimilation of experience, the manifold nature of behavior. It is the highest form of psyche reflecting reality. Consciousness is intentional, that is directed towards the external and partly towards the internal world of the subject (self-awareness). The most important attribute of consciousness is attention.
Source | Glossary of Most Commonly Used Biomedical Terms and Concepts | Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | Academician Professor Antanas Praškevičius, Professor Laima Ivanovienė