consciousness and attention

Consciousness

Being aware of yourself

State of consciousness

different levels of awareness such as being asleep, dreaming or under hypnosis

Selective attention

Focusing on one thing while ignoring other things. Ex: Listening to your professor while ignoring people talking around you

Inattentional blindness

Not noticing something because your attention is somewhere else. Ex: The gorilla video

Change blindness

Not noticing when something in your surroundings changes. Ex: Not noticing someone changing their shirt

Dual processing

Your brain processes info in two ways, consciously and unconsciously. Ex: Driving a car, holding your foot on the gas’s you don’t have to think about while you are driving. Consciously: if you get lost you have to think about where you are going

Parallel vs sequential processing

Parallel: Doing or processing multiple things at once. Sequential: Doing or processing things one at a time