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L12: Consciousness And Sleep Flashcards

1
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What is an illusion

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Abnormal perception of external stimulus

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2
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What can illusion be

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Completion
Affective
Pareldolia

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What is completion

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Illusion to fill in gaps

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What is affective

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Dependent on mood e.g a frightened kid sees a towel as person

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5
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What is paraldolia

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Imagines seen abstract shapes due to fantasy thinking

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6
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What is hallucination

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Perception in the absence of an external stimulus without subjective control

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What are the forms of hallucination

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See

Hear

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What is organic hallucinations due to

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Brain pathology due to tumour, stroke and acute confusional state

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9
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What is non organic hallucination due to

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Mental health conditions e.g schizophrenia

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10
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What are the causes of hallucination

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Organic

Non organic

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What are the forms of point of view of hallucinations

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2nd person
3rd person
Running commentary

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12
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What is 2nd person hallucination

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A voice is speaking to you

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What is 3rd person hallucinations

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2 people are talking about you but not directly to you

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14
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What is running commentary in hallucinations

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Listening to someone commenting

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15
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What can visual hallucinations be

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Simple

Complex

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16
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What is simple visual hallucinations

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Flashes light

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17
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What is complex visual hallucinations

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Sensory modalities and moving images

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18
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What is possivity

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A sensation of someone invading your body

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19
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What is gustatory hallucinations

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An abnormal taste

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20
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What is olfactory hallucination

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An abnormal smell

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21
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What is the definition of consicousness

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A level of arousal and awareness of self and environment

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22
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What are the 3 dimensions of consciousness

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1) coma, vegetative state and minimally conscious state
2) dissociative disorders
3) sleep

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23
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What are the 3 phases from consciousness to coma

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1) clouding
2) drowsiness
3) coma

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24
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What is clouding

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Disorientation

Impaired attention and concentration

25
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What is drowsiness

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Tendency to drift to sleep without sensory stimulation
Slow actions
Slurred speech
Reduced flexes

26
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What is coma

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No eye opening
No verbal response
No motor response

27
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When is prolonged disorders of consciousness diagnosed for

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More than 4 weeks

28
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When is a non traumatic injury considered to be permanent

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More than 6 months

29
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When is traumatic injury considered to be permanent

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When more than 12 months

30
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What is coma

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No arousal

No awareness

31
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What is vegetative state

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Auroral and no awareness

32
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What is minimally conscious state

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Arousal with minimal awareness

33
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In com do we expect to have eye opening

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No

34
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In vegetative state is there eye opening

A

Yes

35
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Is vegetative state is there sleep wake cycles

A

Yes

36
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In vegetative state is there visual tracking

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No

37
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In minimally conscious state is there eye opening

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Yes

38
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In minimally conscious state is there sleep wake cycles

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Yes

39
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In minimally conscious state is there visual tracking

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Often yes

40
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In vegetative state what would the person not show

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Voluntary behaviour

No language

41
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In minimally conscious state what has the awareness has to be

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Reproducible but can be inconsistent

42
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What can cause prolonged disorders of consciousness

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Trauma 
Vascular event 
Hypoxic 
Infection 
Toxic i.e drugs or alcohol poisoning
43
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What type of injury has the lowest chance of recovery

A

Non traumatic injury compared to traumatic

44
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What are dissociative disorders

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A group of disorders characterised by disruption in the integrated functions of consciousness, memory and identity and perception of environment.

45
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What is dissociative disorder considered to be a mechanism of

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Mechanism of coping with stress by dissociating e.g for denial that is it not happening to them

46
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What are the known dissociative disorder

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Depersonalisation- derealisation disorder
Dissociative amnesia
Dissociative identity disorder

47
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What does depersonalisation mean

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Out of body experienced, someone is detached from their thoughts and feelings

48
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What is derealisation

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World around is unreal, people see objects as foggy

49
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What is dissociative amnesia

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When people cannot remember information about themselves or events in their past life

50
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What is dissociative identity disorder

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Memory gaps about everyday events and personal information

51
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What is the behavioural definition of sleep

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Recurrent regular reversible state characterised by quiescence and diminished response to external cues

52
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What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus involved in

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Circadian rhythms that drives sleep

53
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What does rising adenosine levels do

A

Makes you want to sleep

54
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What is caffeine

A

An adenosine antagonist

55
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What is the 2 types of sleep that we have

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REM sleep

Non rem sleep

56
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Which neurotransmitters are involved in non rem sleep

A

GABA (aminergic)

57
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Which neurotransmitter is involved in rem sleep

A

Ach

58
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As we age what happens to our sleep

A

REM sleep decreases

59
Q

What a re the functions of sleep

A

Immune function
Metabolic function
Clymphatic function

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