Mind is a central concept in metaphysics and philosophy of mind referring to the processes and capacities associated with thought, awareness, perception, memory, intention, imagination, and subjective experience. Metaphysical inquiry asks whether mind is entirely dependent upon physical processes, whether it possesses properties distinct from matter, or whether mind and matter represent different aspects of a more fundamental reality. Questions about mind connect closely with consciousness, identity, causation, agency, the Mind-Body Problem, materialism, idealism, dualism, and monism.