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Consciousness

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Consciousness is awareness of internal and external stimuli, and it varies continuously in level across a day.

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Alert reading, drowsy listening, and dreamless sleep are three levels of consciousness in the same person.

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Consciousness is not a switch with two settings. Most states of interest sit between full alertness and none.