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C6 Consciousness Flashcards

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Consciousness

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a person’s moment to moment subjective , personal experience

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Qualia

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qualitative experience of your consciousness
environment, perspective, awareness

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Attentional blindness

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a failure to notice something obvious changing when we focus on something else

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Change blindness

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a failure to notice large changes in one’s environment
now vs while ago

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Automatic processing

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when we know a task well, do it without much attention
allow less focus on consciousness

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Controlled processing

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more complex or new tasks
slower than automatic processing

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Behavioural study

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testing for consciousness
Rouge test
objective measures

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sleeping

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regulated by Hypothalamus
circadian rhythms

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Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

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trigar by dark
signals the pineal gland to release
melatonin
regulate circadian rhythms
active - reduce
inactive - increase

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Stage 1

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light sleep (1-10 mins)
Beta waves (awake/alert)
Alpha waves (relaxed/drowsy)
Beta/Alpha waves from wakefulness transition to Theta waves

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Stage 2

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deeper sleep (10-25mins)
body is slowing down, heart rate
Sleep Spindles: 1-2 seconds rapid brain activity (brain try to keep us awake)

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Stage 3 4

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after 10-30 min
appearance of Delta waves
slow wave sleep

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Stage 5

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REM sleep
occupies 20-25% of night sleep
cycles of REM sleep last between 20min to 1hr
REM sleep paralysis
more dreaming

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sleep cycle

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body has to go through every individual stage to complete one cycle

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Restoration Theory

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allow the body and brain rest and repair

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CIrcadian Rhythm theory

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physical, mental, behavioural changes that follow 24-hour cycle
survival

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Learning theory

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learning works better with sleep
Neros connecting work better with sleep

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Freud’s Dream Protection Theory

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manifast (actual dream)
Latent Content (dream symbolizes), protect sleep from disruption

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Activation-Synthesis Theory

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dreams are random, mean nothing
activation: random neural activity in the brain
Synthesis: cerebral cortex interprets activity

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Insomnia

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difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep
stress

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REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD)

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REM sleep paralysis is disabled (brain is really active)

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Sleepwalking

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Somnambulism
more common in children

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Out of body experience

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a sense of consciousness leaving the body

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Near death experience

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nearly died or thought they were going to die

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Meditation

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mental procedure, we focus on some external or internal object
lower blood pressure, release stress

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Mindfulness

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let thoughts slow freely
don’t really react to those thoughts

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Hypnosis

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people response to suggestions
experiences changes in memory
involuntary action

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Stimulants

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stimulate, heighten activity in the body
increase: heart rate, blood pressure
decrease: sleep
1. interfere with reuptake of dopamine
2. increase release of dopamine

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Cocaine

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alert, energy, sociable, feeling amazing
paranoia, psychotic, violence
blocks reuptake of dopamine

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Amphetamines

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reduce fatigue via increase dopamine
side effects: insomnia, anxiety, addictive

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Depressants

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decrease behavioural and mental activity

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Alcohol

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small doses: relaxation, elevate mood
large doses: slowing thinking, coordinations

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Opiates (narcotics)

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relieve pain and induce sleep
stimulate receptors to relieve pain

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Hallucinationsogens (psychedelics)

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alters our cognitions mood, perception
interferes with serotonin, dopamine

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Marijuana

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stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen
relaxed mental state, uplifted mood, distortions in perception of cognition
Hippocampus ( memory)

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