DBT
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The conscious is a passenger on a bus they are not driving. The conscious is the spokesman for the body/mind responsible for explaining why the body/mind did what it did. Responsible for taking input from the environment and remembering patterns so the next time will be avoided or repeated depending on the feedback from the environment. Responsible for telling the driver where to go. Consciousness is the on-board computer capable of reasoning, capable of drawing inferences, capable of making plans; not merely reacting totally on instinct. The mind is embodied. No body, nobody, no mind, never mind.
The evidence supports the proposition that consciousness (virtual experience of sensory/memory information interaction) is generated by input feeding from various regions of the brain in the form of a 'global workspace' - information coming together as 'conscious activity in order to construct a working model of the world and its objects and events, including perception of self as the actor. A useful model, but not actually the director, orchestrator or decision maker.