Here is a comprehensive, yet concise, summary of the ontology of a moment of experience, including the various cognitive processes and factors that shape our experiences and actions:
- Perception: the process of receiving and interpreting sensory information from the environment
- Attention: the ability to focus on certain stimuli and filter out others
- Emotion: feelings that influence our thoughts, behaviors, and decisions, and can be regulated through cognitive strategies and social and environmental cues
- Memory: the process of storing and retrieving information about our experiences
- Communication: the exchange of information with others
- Decision making: the process of considering the task demands and goals of a situation and selecting appropriate actions
- Action: the execution of chosen actions
- Culture and social influences: the role of cultural and social factors in shaping our experiences and actions
- Past experiences and learning: the influence of prior experiences and learning on current experiences and actions
- Motivation and goals: the role of motivation and goals in shaping our experiences and actions
- Personality and individual differences: the influence of personality and individual differences on our experiences and actions
- Interplay between conscious and unconscious processes: the dynamic interaction between conscious processes, such as thoughts, feelings, and sensations, and unconscious processes, such as automatic behaviors and reactions, habits, and implicit memories, in shaping our experiences and actions.