?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Consciousness+And+Adaptive+Behavior&rft.creator=Sieb%2C+Richard%2FA.&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=Consciousness+has+resisted+scientific+explanation+for+centuries.++The+main+problem+in+explaining+consciousness+is+its+subjectivity.++Subjective+systems+may+be+adaptive.++Humans+can+produce+voluntary+new+or+novel+intentional+(adaptive)+action+and+such+action+is+always+accompanied+by+consciousness.++Action+normally+arises+from+perception.+++Perception+must+be+rerepresented+in+order+to+produce+new+or+novel+adaptive+action.++The++internal+explicit+states+produced+by+a+widespread+nonlinear+emergent+mechanism+from+perception+have+all+the+same+properties+as+consciousness.++Hence+they+may+be+identical+to+consciousness.++Consciousness+is+natural%2C+material%2C+and+functional%3B+utilized+in+the+production+of+adaptive+action.+++++++++++&rft.date=2005-02&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3908%2F1%2FDocum.html&rft.identifier=++Sieb%2C+Richard%2FA.++(2005)+Consciousness+And+Adaptive+Behavior.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3908%2F