The (Primary) Conscious Process Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Edelman (1992: 121):

In the conscious process, current value-free perceptual categorisation interacts with value-dominated memory. This occurs before perceptual events contribute further to the alteration of that memory. When such events do contribute to the alteration of that memory, they are, in general, no longer in the specious or remembered present, that is, they are no longer in primary consciousness.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, in the conscious process, current construals of experience as instances of perceptual meaning are correlated with systems of value-laden perceptual potential.  This occurs before the instances alter the probabilities of the system of perceptual potential.  When such instances do contribute to the probabilities of perceptual potential, they are, in general, no longer in primary consciousness (since they are no longer being instantiated).