Consciousness Flashcards
What is consciousness?
our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment
The state of consciousness where a person is highly susceptible to suggestion
hypnosis
What is selective attention?
focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Cognitive Neuroscience
the study of brain activity associated with mental processes (perception, thinking, memory, and language)
What does inattentional blindness involve?
failing to see visible objects when attention is directed elsewhere
-gorilla/basketball study
Change blindness
failure to detect changes in the environment
What can we do with parallel processing?
process many aspects of a stimulus simultaneously
What does sequential processing allow?
only processing one aspect of a stimulus at a time
The condition where a person responds to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it
blindsight
What is dual processing?
information is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
What happens in withdrawal?
discomfort due to the discontinuation of an addictive drug
Building a tolerance
a diminished response to a drug when taken repeatedly
Depressants
drugs that reduce (depress) neural activity and slow body functions
Stimulants
drugs that excite (stimulate) neural activity and speed up body functions
Hallucinogens
drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images (hallucinations)