Conciousness

consciousness

to be awake, aware of our surroundings, changes quickly

wakefullness

awake or asleep, alertness

awareness

ex: you are aware if someone is in the room and who it is

theories of consciousness

global workspace, synchronization, and radical plasticty

what term explains someone who is awake, but not aware?

vegetative state

ex: In the answer is yes…

think of tennis (yes) moving through the rooms of your home(no)

minimally conscious

preconscious(moderate)

information is accessible, but not available to awareness

full consciousness

high levels of awareness and wakefulness

what is the term that defines someone so engrossed in what they are doing they lose track of time?

flow state

mindfullness

being hyper focused on the present moment

attention

the ability to process information that is under conscious control. Can be grabbed or directed.

selective attention/cocktail party effect

You are at a party and you are only focused on one thing even when there are a lot of other stimui

inattentional blindness

the video where you didn’t see the gorilla

perceptual load theory

states that our brain has a limited amount of attention to process and that is why we clock our mentally.

sustained attention

the ability to maintain focused awareness on a target or an idea. Ex: being an air traffic controller

jetlag

the mismatch between our internal sleeping time vs. the external time of the day.

circadian rhythms

an internal clock for things like sleep, alertness, and other things that happen over 24hrs

what is an example of a zeitgeber?

sunlight » less melatonin production

SCN » Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Part of the brain that reacts of zeitgeber. The action part » sunlight will alert this to produce less melatonin to wake u

R(rapid)EM sleep

most actively dreaming, quick movements of the eye

Non-REM sleep

few eye movements during sleep

Sleepwalking

cells tell a part of the brain the motor functions which causes..

narcolepsy

excessive daytime sleepiness

sleep apnea

pauses during breathing during sleep

night terrors

a person walking around and awakens terrified

dreams

images, thoguht, and feelings that are experienced during sleep

the activation synthesis hypothesis

says that dreams occur because of random brain acitvity. our brain is piecing together a story which is the dream.

the neurocognitive hypothesis

dreams come from the same mental processes from when we are awake

minimal consciousness

When someone shows limited awareness and responsiveness but is not full conscious