Daniel Dennett suggested that qualia was "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us". [7] He identifies four properties that are commonly ascribed to qualia. [7] According to these, qualia are: Nootropics aren’t convenient supplements, often requiring you to take a handful of pills a day. Qualia Mind isn’t very convenient even for a nootropic: there are seven moderately-sized capsules in every serving, and taking three or four mouthfuls of pills to get the full effect of the nootropic is a pain. Qualia Mind also recommends that you cycle their nootropic, taking it for five days and skipping it for two days every week to ensure you don’t end up reliant on it for basic functioning. This is a great safety measure but but becomes more complicated when you’re trying to remember if you’re at day four or day five in your weekly cycle, or if you have a particularly long work week and need a boost to get through it and your weekend. Ryle, Gilbert (1949). The concept of mind (Repr.ed.). Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr. p.215. ISBN 978-0-226-73296-1.

Poised" - the phenomenal experience is always present to the understanding, whether or not the agent is able to apply a concept to it. Tye, Michael (1995). Ten problems of consciousness: a representional theory of the phenomenal mind. Representation and mind. Cambridge, Mass: MIT press. ISBN 978-0-262-20103-2. Gregory, Richard (19–26 December 1998). "Snapshots from the Decade of the Brain: Brainy Mind". Br. Med. J. 317 (7174): 1693–1695. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7174.1693. JSTOR 25181353. PMC 1114483. PMID 9857130. Qualia and the sensation of time. Nida-Rümelin, Martine; O Conaill, Donnchadh; Broad, C.D. (1925) (2021). "Qualia: The Knowledge Argument". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Qualia knowledge (Summer 2021ed.). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.Nemazannikova, N., Mikkelsen, K., Stojanovska, L., Blatch, G. L., & Apostolopulos, V. (2018). Is there a link between vitamin B and multiple sclerosis? Medicinal Chemistry, 14(2), 170-180. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/mc/2018/00000014/00000002/art00009

Artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky thinks the problems posed by qualia are essentially issues of complexity, or rather of mistaking complexity for simplicity. Ismail, N., Kureishy, N., Church, S. J., Scholefield, M., Unwin, R. D., Xu, J., Patassini, S., & Cooper, G. J. (2020). Vitamin B5 (d-pantothenic acid) localizes in myelinated structures of the rat brain: Potential role for cerebral vitamin B5 stores in local myelin homeostasis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 522(1), 220-225. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X19321722Shiojima, Y., Takahashi, M., Takahashi, R., Moriyama, H., Bagchi, D., Bagchi, M., & Akanuma, M. (2021). Effect of dietary pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt on cognitive function in healthy volunteers: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. Journal of the American Nutrition Association, 41(8), 796-809. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2021.1962770 Maund, J. B. (September 1975). "The Representative Theory Of Perception". Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 5 (1): 41–55. doi: 10.1080/00455091.1975.10716096. ISSN 0045-5091. S2CID 146937154. Lott, E. L., & Jones, E. B. (2022). Cholinergic toxicity. In: StatPearls [Internet]. StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539783 Ramachandran, V.S.; Hirstein, W. (1 May 1997). "Three Laws of Qualia: What Neurology Tells Us About the Biological Functions of Consciousness, Qualia and the Self" (PDF). Journal of Consciousness Studies. Imprint Academic. 4 (5–6): 429–58. Archived from the original on 6 August 2003. Biological perspective. Joseph Levine's paper Conceivability, Identity, and the Explanatory Gap takes up where the criticisms of conceivability arguments (such as the inverted spectrum argument and the zombie argument) leave off. Levine agrees that conceivability is a flawed means of establishing metaphysical realities, but points out that even if we come to the metaphysical conclusion that qualia are physical, there is still an explanatory problem.

Qualia Mind uses several vitamins in its formula, including some of the biggest B vitamins, vitamin C, and vitamin D3. All of these vitamins are essential for our well-being, and Qualia Mind provides more than the daily recommended value for each (though vitamin D is on the lower side, especially for those who have diagnosed deficiencies). There aren’t many direct links between these vitamins and cognitive capabilities in the general population, but deficiencies in any B vitamin, C, or D can lead to fatigue, brain fog, and depression. Supporting your diet with these vitamins can minimize some of the reasons you’d turn to a nootropic in the first place. Qualia Mind contains three ingredients you might also find in a cafe mocha without the sugar: theobromine, caffeine, and whole coffee bean extract. These three ingredients are alkaloids (have a basic pH), and while we know caffeine is a potent nootropic, theobromine and coffee extract can play a role in your neurology too. One of the biggest neurological properties these ingredients impact is brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF is a molecule that helps our brains change as we learn or heal from damage (called neuroplasticity). 45 It also impacts our memory: not having enough BDNF is implicated in memory loss from both dementia 46 and depression, though most of this research is still very new and yet to be repeated. 47Bhagya, V., Christofer, T., & Shankaranarayana Rao, B. S. (2016). Neuroprotective effect of Celastrus paniculatus on chronic stress-induced cognitive impairment. Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 48(6), 687-693. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155471/ Roger Scruton, while skeptical that neurobiology can tell us much about consciousness, believes qualia is an incoherent concept, and that Wittgenstein's private language argument effectively disproves it. Scruton writes,