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Prior to taking this course my view of consciousness was not drastically different than it is currently. Previously I was skeptical of the concept of free will. This skepticism has been supported by the information learned during this course. There were, however, other topics that I had not considered before that were addressed in this class. These include the evolution of consciousness, whether or not other species are conscious, whether or not infants are conscious, and the theories of self, including ego and bundle theories.
In addition to these topics, the two things that I found most interesting were the results demonstrated by the two studies done by Libet. The first of these two experiments discovered that there is a half second delay in our conscious awareness. The other study demonstrated that the actual physical process that initiates a physical action happens before we consciously choose to initiate this action.
Libet's first (1982) experiment was conducted on people......

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