Chapter 3: Consciousness and the Two- Track Mind

Ectasy

________ is also known as MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and known as Molly in its powder form.

Insomnia

________: recurring problems in falling or staying asleep.

Amphetamines

________: drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes.

Sleep deprivation

________ increase ghrelin (hunger- arousing hormone), and also decreases leptin (hunger suppressing hormone)

Dopamine

________ and opioids temporarily calm anxiety and reduce pain sensitivity Cocaine.

Brains motor cortex

________ is active and makes you basically paralyzed except for some twitching.

Halluciens

________ distort perception and evoke sensory images in absence of sensory input.

Alpha

________ Waves: the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state.

Methamphetamine

________: a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels.

Barbituatess

________: drugs that depress central nervous system activity, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment.

Blindsight

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

immune system

Suppresses the ________, impares memory, and slows thought and disrupts sleep.

Selective attention

________ allows our awareness focuses on a aspect of all that we experience.

Barbituates

________ depress the nervous system like alcohol.

Large doses

________ causes slow reactions, slurred speech, and worse skill performance Memory Disruption.

LSD

________ (lysergic acid diethylamide), also known as acid, cuaes emotions that vary from euphori to detachment to panic.

Brain waves

________ for actions occur milliseconds before you proceed with the action.

mild hallucinogen

Classified as a(n) ________ because it amplifies sensitivities to colors, tastes, smells, and sounds.

Cocaine

________: a powerful and addictive stimulant derived from the coca plant; produces temporarily increased alertness and euphoria.

Hallucinogens

________: psychedelic " (mind- manifesting) "drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.

Conscious experience

________ comes from synchronized activity across the brain.

REM sleep

________ tricks you into responding as if your dream was fully real.

Alcohol

________ can disrupt memory formations.

Depressants

________ are drugs that calm neural activity and slow body functions Alcohol.

sight of food

Enhances limbic brain responses to the ________ and decrease are willingness to resist the temptation.

social intimacy

Produces euphoria and ________, but with short- term health risks and longer- term harm to serotonin- producing neurons and to mood and cognition.

Crack Cocaine

________ is a faster working mixture giving an intense high followed with an intense crash.

Genitals

________ become aroused during REM sleep, except during nightmares or scary dreams.

Protects

________: Our ancestors were asleep in a cave, out of the way of most damage and injury.

Heavy drinking

________ can have long- term effects of the brain and cognition Reduced Self- Awareness and Self- Control.

THC

________: the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations.

Narcolepsy

________: a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks.

Psychology

________ explores the biology of psychologists.

Delta

________ Waves: the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.

Nicotine

________: a stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco.

Epinephrine

________ and norepinephrine desmished appetite and boosts alertness and mental efficiency.

Feeds Creative Thinking

________: Can inspire special artistic and scientific achievements.

Slows reactions

________ and increases errors on tasks that require visual attention Major Sleep Disorders.

hallucinatory

Darting eyes are typically the beginning of a dream (story like, emotional, and ________)

Opiates

________: opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.

chronic bronchitis

Is predictive of increased risk of traffic accidents, ________, psychosis, social anxiety disorder, and suicidal thoughts.

Strong signals

________ in one brain area can cause activity in other places.

Ecstasy

________ (MDMA): a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen.

Helps Restore

________ and Rebuild Memories of the Day: Consolidates our memories by replaying recent learning and strengthens neural connections.

species sleep pattern

A(n) ________ is suited to fit its ecological niche.

Night Terrors

________: a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, ________ occur during NREM- 3 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered.

Stimulants

________ increase neural activity and speeds up bodily functions.

Sigmund Freud

To Satisfy our Own Wishes: ________ proposed that dreams give a psychic safety valve that expels unacceptable feelings and viewed a dreams manifest content as sensor, symbolic version of its latent content, the unconscious drives and wishes.

Freud

Latent Content: according to ________, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content)

Helps Us Recuperate

________: Helps restore the immune system and repair brain tissue, gives neurons a time to repair themselves.