03-03-25+altering+consciousness+CANVAS

Priming

Recent experience with a stimulus makes it easier to respond to related stimuli.

Subliminal perception

Perceptual processing of information without conscious awareness.

Automatic processing

Well-practiced tasks/skills that require very little attention.

Controlled processing

Processing that requires attention, though not necessarily full attention.

Exogenous attention

Attention that ensures we attend to essential stimuli and events.

Meditation

Intense contemplation that can lead to a deep sense of calmness.

Flow

A highly focused state of engagement in an enjoyable activity where awareness of self and time diminish.

Hypnosis

Changes in memory, perception, and voluntary action in response to suggestions.

Psychoactive Drug

Chemicals that alter perceptions, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior by altering neural transmission.

Depressants

Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow bodily functions.

Stimulants

Drugs that excite neural activity and speed bodily functions.

Addiction

Compulsive drug craving and use despite negative consequences.

Tolerance

The need to take larger doses of a drug to experience its effects.

Dependence

Physical and psychological reliance on a substance that produces tolerance and withdrawal.

Withdrawal

Physical and psychological effects that occur when discontinuing use of an addictive drug.