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cognitive neuroscience

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the interdisciplinary study of the brain and the activity linked with cognition. (brain&thought)

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consciousness

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our awareness of ourselves and our environment. (

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dual processing

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the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. (aware and unaware)

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selective attention

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the focusing of conscious awareness in a particular stimulus (focused on 1 thing )

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inattentional blindness

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failure to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere. (gorilla)

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change blindness

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failing to notice changes in the environment (environment changes)

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circadian rhythm

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the biological clock(⏰⌛️)

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REM sleep

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rapid eye movement. a reoccurring sleep stage during which dreams occur. (dreams)

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alpha waves

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the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state (

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sleep

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periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness- a distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma of hibernation (

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hallucinations

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false sensory experiences, suck as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. (

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delta waves

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the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.

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insomnia

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reoccurring problems in falling or staying asleep

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narcolepsy

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a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks

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sleep apnea

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a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings

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night terrors

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a sleep disorder characterizes by high arousal and appearance of being terrified. (not nightmares )

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dream

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a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping persons mind. hallucinatory, discontinuities, incongruities

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manifest content

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a remembers story line of a dream

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latent content

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the underlying meaning of a dream

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REM rebound

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the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation.

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hypnosis

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a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thought or behaviors will spontaneously occur.

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posthypnotic suggestion

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a suggestion made during a hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized.

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dissociation

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a split in consciousness which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously.

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psychoactive drug

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a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods.

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tolerance

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the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger spears before experiencing the drugs effect.

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withdrawal

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the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug.

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physical dependence

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a psychological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal summations

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psychosocial dependence

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a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions.

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addiction

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compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences.

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depressant

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drugs such as alcohol barbiturates and opiates that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.

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barbiturates

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drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment

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opiates

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opium and its derivatives such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.

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stimulants

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drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine and the more powerful amphetamines cocaine and ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions

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amphetamines

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drugs that stimulate neural activity causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes

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methamphetamine

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a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system with speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes over time appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels

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Ecstasy

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a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen produces euphoria and social intimacy but with short-term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin producing neurons and to mood and cognition

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hallucinogens

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psychedelic drugs such as LSD that distort perceptions and invoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

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LSD

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A powerful hallucinogenic drug also known as acid

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THC

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The major active ingredient in marijuana triggers a variety of effects including mild hallucinations

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near death experience

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an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death

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