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 With the soldiers who's neocortex's were damaged and they couldn't actually experience seeing the flashing lights but the nervous system was aware of it makes me wonder what else we are not experiencing but the body is still aware of. I figure this would be a survival mechanism, that although the person may not see or experience something the nervous system is still aware of the surroundings and can alert the organism if something is not right. Or the corollary discharge then gives a signal to the I-function for the person to then become aware of a disturbance. Is this what is going on when I zone out? Or is zoning out still the I-function. I know when I stare at a wall I am completely unaware of my surroundings, having only my thoughts or even just a blank mind. Then when there's a sound or hand waved in front of my face my nervous system jostles me out of my trance and tells me to become aware of my surroundings again.

Going back to what we first talked about in how everyone sees things differently, and if they look at an ambiguous figure some will see the same image while others will see another. I would still like to perform the experiment to account for all five senses and see how a person describes what they see, hear, feel is similar and different, like putting people into a room with a music box that doesn't exactly look like one but is playing music. I think it would be interesting to compare the descriptions, see what words people use.