?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Muscularity+of+Mind%3A+Towards+an+Explanation+of+the+Transition+from+Unconscious+to+Conscious&rft.creator=G.%2C+Nagarjuna&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=The+title+%E2%80%9CMuscularity+of+Mind%E2%80%9D+indicates+the+point+of+view+that+is+argued+in+this+essay.+I+attempt+to+trace+the+roots+of+higher+cognitive+abilities+to+the+physiological+coupling+that+exists+between+neuro-sensory+and+muscular+system.+Most+of+the+current+discourses+on+the+subject+base+their+studies+more+on+the+nervous+and+sensory+dimensions%2C+neglecting+the+most+crucial+of+all%2C+the+role+of+voluntary+muscles+in+shaping+the+higher+cognitive+abilities.+I+make+a+claim+that+emancipation+of+voluntary+muscles+from+the+mandatory+biological+functions+to+take+on+the+softer+habits+during+the+course+of+evolution+played+the+crucial+role+in+shaping+the+higher+cognitive+abilities.+I+undertake+to+explain+the+transition+from+procedural+to+declarative+representation+by+hypothesizing+that+softer+operations+that+are+peculiar+to+higher+cognitive+agents+in+the+evolutionary+order+are+rooted+in+the+physiological+nexus+between+neuro-sensory+and+muscular+subsystems+of+the+cognitive+agent.+The+objective+of+this+essay+is+to+indicate+that+the+problem+cannot+be+solved+without+attending+to+this+nexus.&rft.date=2005-05&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4352%2F1%2Fmom.pdf&rft.identifier=++G.%2C+Nagarjuna++(2005)+Muscularity+of+Mind%3A+Towards+an+Explanation+of+the+Transition+from+Unconscious+to+Conscious.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4352%2F