Module 1.5a - Sleep: Consciousness

Consciousness

Our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment.

Cognitive neuroscience

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating)

Dual processing

The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks,

Bindsight

A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it.

Parallel Processing

Processing multiple aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously

Sequential processing

Processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems.