States of consciousness Flashcards
Consciousness
An awareness of ourselves in our environment not all forms of awareness are the same
Dual processing
To track mind somethings are conscious and summer automatic
Selective attention
The spotlight of our awareness
Altered state of consciousness
anything that alters normal perceptual experience a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity
Mindfulness meditation
Mental practice of focusing your mind on your experiences like your emotions that and sensations in the present moment
Altered state sleep
One of the human body’s biological rhythms sleep as a unique state of consciousness it lacks following us but the brain is still active
Circadian rhythm
bio rhythms that fluctuate on a daily basis based on the light cycle
The wake sleep cycle
retnal light detection by the hypothalamus Secrete melatonin from the pineal gland
eeg
Record the electrical activity that sweeps across the brain it picks up brain waves via electrodes that are placed on the scalp
Non-rem stage one
transition. Between wakefulness and sleep drifting in and out of sleep
hypagogic state 
Dream like Sensations still hearing and incorporation thought information sometimes the sensation of falling transitions to stage two
Non-rum stage two
body temple drop heart rate slows breathing more shallow and irregular 
Sleep spindles
Random burst of brain activity trigger deep in the brain stem
Non-ram stage III and four
Slow wave sleep delta waves begin to appear more often this is the most restorative stage of sleep pineal gland release his growth hormone
REM sleep
paradox of sleep
Increased breathing and heart rate and brain activation except for motor cortex which is blocked this is dreams sleep
Ram paralysis
Lingering effects of RAM motor cortex block your body is paralyzed that you do not act out your dreams when these features occur during wakefulness you will have an experience of sleep paralysis
beta waves
Awake
Alpha waves
Light sleep
theta waves
Early sleep
Delta waves
Deep sleep
Sleep deprivation
Because anytime one gets less sleep than I need can range from a cute sleep lost a chronic deprivation
Ram rebound
lengthening and increasing frequency of run sleep which occurs after sleep deprivation