ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Mirror-induced origination process of human self-consciousness-restructuring consciousness-based cognitive theory.
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Where did "we" come from? How did our self-consciousness come to be? This great mystery has puzzled scientists for centuries. Applying representative cognitive behavioral experiments, this study proposes the Mirror-Induced Origination Hypothesis and further conducts a thought experiment to demonstrate that the brain's conscious reaction was induced in humans' animal ancestor to undergo illusory transformation and continuous, leap-like changes under repetitive stimulation of the ancestor's mirror image, before transforming into mental self-consciousness (MSC). A formalized eight-stage model of conscious change-the Mirror-Induced Leap of Consciousness (MLC)-is constructed to offer a natural evolutionary account for the origin of self-consciousness and the emergence of intelligent life. The study defines consciousness as the brain's reaction to the attribute of a percept, and elucidates that the evolutionary mechanism of self-consciousness lies in the interaction between the brain's subjectivity and the attributes of percepts, which drives changes in conscious level and state-a mechanism that can be expressed in the form of the Consciousness Cognitive Relational Function:
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