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L03: Consciousness Flashcards

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Cartesian Dualism

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Mind and body are separate entities of different quality .
Mind: non-physical, non-extended
Body: physical, extended

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Interaction Problem

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How can mind and body interact?

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Idealists

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Mind is fundamental. (Form of Monism)

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Neutral Monists

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Mental and physical are two different ways to represent the same reality, which is neutral (neither physical nor mental.) (Form of Monism)

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Materialists

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Matter is fundamental. (Form of Monism)

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The Hard Problem

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How to account for consciousness? How can matter give rise to mind?

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Consciousness

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A subjective and private experience that is challenging to scientifically observe. No commonly agreed upon definition. Dictionary: A particular state of being aware of one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions.

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Mind-Body Problem

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What is the relationship between our own private experiences and the physical world?

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Easy Problem

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Includes perception, learning, memory, sleep, and attention etc. Easier to study with standard methods of psychology.

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Qualia

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Ineffable subjective quality that refers phenomenal and private, indescribable aspects of our mental lives

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Unconsciousness

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Processes that affect a person’s experience and behaviour even though the person can’t report these.

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Self-Awareness

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The capacity to become the object of one’s own attention (focus on the internal milieu)

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I vs. me

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“I”: The self that experiences (Consciousness)

“Me”: The self that extends outwards and can perceived as an object (i.e. a body)

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Dynamic Self

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Self is not stable, but is constructed, generated, and dynamic

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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Machine that can record patterns of electrical activity in the brain (brain waves)

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Electrooculogram (EOG)

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Measures eye movements

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Electromyogram (EMG)

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Measures muscle tension

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Alpha waves

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Physical & mentally relaxed. Awake, but drowsy (Beginning of stage 1)

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Beta waves

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Awake, normal alert consciousness

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Delta waves

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Deep, dreamless sleep (Stages 3&4)

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Theta waves

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Reduced consciousness (Stage 1 &2)

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Gamma waves

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Heightened perception (very awake)

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REM sleep

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Brain activity similar to wakefulness (waves are shorter and faster). Many vivid dreams occur, eyes dart back and forth. Muscles tense (Beta waves)

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Slow-wave sleep

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Characterized by delta waves. Crucial to feel rested. Deepest stages of sleep.

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Stage 1 of sleep

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  • Transition from alpha to theta waves
  • Hypnogogic imagery
  • Myoclonic jerks
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Stage 2 of sleep

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  • Sleep spindles & K-complexes

- Theta waves

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Stages 3&4 of sleep

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  • Delta waves
  • Deepest stages of sleep
  • Crucial to feel rested
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Stage 5 of sleep

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  • REM sleep
  • Vivid Dreams
  • Brain activity similar to wakefulness (Beta waves)
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Hypnogram

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Graph that shows hours of sleep on the x axis and stages of sleep on the y axis

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Sleep spindles

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Brief bursts of fast activity that occurs during stage 2 of sleep

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K complex

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Large waves that stand out during stage 2 of sleep, usually in response to environmental stimuli

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Functions of slow wave sleep

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Makes one feel well rested

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Functions of sleep

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Serves as a restorative function

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Functions of REM sleep

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Unclear, possibly memory consolidating

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Circadian Rhythm

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Cyclical changes that occur on a 24 hour basis. Regulated by neurons in the hypothalamus, which release melatonin, triggering our sense of fatigue.

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Panpsychism

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All particles in the universe have some form of experience

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Gaia Theory

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Our planet itself is a life form endowed with consciousness

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Integrated Information Theory

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All systems that integrate info have some form of consciousness

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Phi Score`

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Level of info integrated in a given system. More info integrated = higher score

40
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Blue Light Sensitivity

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Caused by pRGCs in the retina, which help to regulate light-sensitive suppression of melatonin

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