Unit 3 Flashcards
consciousness
our awareness of ourselves and our environment
cognitive neuroscience
the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition
dual processing
the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious places
blindsight
a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it
parallel processing
the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously. the brain’s natural mode of processing
selective attention
the focus on conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
cocktail party effect
the ability to attend to one voice among many
inattentional blindness
failing to see visual objects when our attention is directed somewhere else
change blindness
failure to notice a visual image
choice blindness
failure to notice. change in choice
circadian rhythm
our body clock, regular body rhythms that occur during the 24-hour cycle
suprachiasmatic nucleus
a cell cluster in the hypothalamus that controls the circadian rhythm
REM sleep
rapid eye movement sleep, most dreams occur
alpha waves
the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed brain state
sleep
periodic natural loss of consciousness
hallucinations
false sensory experiances
Delta waves
larger slow brain waves associated with deep sleep (N3)
hypnosis
a social interaction in which one person suggests to another person what certain perceptions, feelings, or thoughts will occur
dissociation
a split in consciousness that allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with eachother
posthypnotic suggestion
a suggestion made during a hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotised