Explain the relationship between the brain and conscious experience of the world with reference to the thalamus and reticular formation

Consciousness is defined as the state of awareness of self and the environment. Another way of describing it is a condition for which a person is capable of perceiving stimuli from the environment and responding appropriately.

The consciousness system has two principal functions:

1) Maintenance of waking state (arousal or level of consciousness)

2) Content of experience (awareness or content of consciousness)

It is important to understand the difference between these two. Arousal shows the wakefulness of one person and awareness is the person ability to perceive the environment. In vegetative state, ones are awake but unaware of themselves or the environment.

In this article, we will look into the concept of neuronal system involved in consciousness system. It is crucial to realize that detail discussion is beyond the scope of this article and only essential and relevant elements to the