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Chapter 3: Conciousness Flashcards

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Conciousness

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-the awareness of ones self and surroundings/enviornment

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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study of brain activity linked with cognition

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Dual Processing

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idea of information being processed on a conscious and unconscious level simultaniously

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Blindsight

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condition where a person can unconsciously respond to visual stimuli without consciously experiencing it

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Parallel Processing

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Processing multiple aspects of something at the same time

- brains natural mode for processing

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Selective Attention

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consciously focusing on one particular stimulus

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Inattentional Blindness

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-missing something because of attention being focused on something else

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Change Blindness

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  • not noticing a change in the surroundings because of attention being focused on something else
  • ex. the guy giving directions when the person switches
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Circadian rythym

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  • Biological Clock
  • body rhythms such as temperature and wakefulness over a 24 hour cycle
  • affected by light through SCN
  • age affects it
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REM Sleep

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  • rapid eye movement sleep
  • where dreams occur
  • muscles relax but rest of body is active
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NREM 1

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when you first fall asleep

- lots of images

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NREM 2

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Bursts of brainwave activity

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NREM 3

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Deep sleep

-slow delta wave sleep

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4 stages of sleep

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NREM 1, NREM 2, NREM 3, NREM 2, REM

-90 min cycle

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alpha waves

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-slow waves of relaxed awake state

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hallucinations

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false sensory images

-seeing stuff in the absence of external stimulus

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17
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delta waves

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large slow waves in NREM 3 sleep

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insomnia

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-sleep disorder of repeatedly having trouble falling and staying asleep

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narcolepsy

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-uncontrollable sleep attacks

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nonsomniac

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-people who only need minimal amounts of sleep to function, 3 or so hours

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sleep apnea

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  • temporary cessations breathing that cause you to wake up briefly and repeatedly
  • leads to weight gain
  • snoring
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night terrors

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  • being terrified at night

- occurs in nrem 3

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dream

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sequence of images while asleep

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manifest content

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the remembered story line of a dream

-Freud

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latent content

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underlying meaning of a dream

-Freud

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REM rebound

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tenancy for REM sleep to increase following the deprivation or lack of REM sleep

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substance use disorder

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-continued substance abuse after harm from the substance

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psychoactive drug

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chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood

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tolerance

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diminished effect of a drug after repeated use

-causes user to increase dosage to get same effect

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addiction

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compulsive drug cravings despite knowing the consequences

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withdrawal

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discomfort that follows when cutting off regular drug use

32
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depressants

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drugs like alcohol that reduce neural activity

-slow bodily funcitons

33
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barbiturates

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depressant drugs that fuck with cns

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opiates

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opium and its derivatives

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stimulants

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drugs such as caffeine, nicotine, cocaine

-increase energy and speed up bodily functions

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amphetamines

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drugs that stimulate neural activity

-energy and mood changes

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nicotine

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psychoactive drug found in tobacco products

38
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clonic jerk

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when you almost fall asleep and jerk back awake

39
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REM paralysis

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when your body is temporarily paralyzed in rem sleep

  • reason why you get the feeling of not being able to run in a dream
  • prevents you from moving around while dreaming
40
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alcohol myopia model

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  • attentional system short sighted
  • unaware of stuff not right in front of us
  • why we feel good/bad on alcohol

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