Conciousness terms

Conciousness

being aware of internal and external stimuli

Hypnosis

a state of highly focused attention and awareness

posthypnotic suggestion

a aommmand given to a hypnotized person for them to follow once htey are out of hypnosis

dissassociation

the mental process of disconnecting from one’s thoughts or focus

sleep

the state of being un-awake, with dreams and bodily / mental repair

Circadian Rhythm

the cycle of sleep and wakefulness that one’s body is attuned to

REM sleep

Rapid Eye Movement sleep, with vivid dreams and paralyzed muscles

Alpha waves

happen when people are relaxed and unfocused

NREM sleep

Non Rapid Eye Movement Sleep. The other three stages of sleep, with less vivid dreams, bodily repair and growth, and muscle twitches

hallucinations

an experience involving the apparent appearance of something that is not there

hypnagogic sensations

vivid, dream-like experiences that occur during the transition between wakefulness and sleep

delta waves

a type of brain wave that occurs during deep sleep

suprachiasmatic nucleus

regulates circadian rhythm

insomnia

the inability to fall into the sleep cycle properly

narcolepsy

a neurological disorder characterized by daytime sleepiness and sudden sleep attacks

sleep apnea

when you stop breathing during your sleep, can lead to death

night terrors

eyperiences of intense fear and terror that occur during NREM sleep

dream

a sequence of images and emotions that occur during sleep

manifest content

the surface level storyling of a dream

latent content

the hidden underlying meaning of a dream

REM rebound

when one spends more time in REM sleep to make up for recent loss of REM during sleeping

REM sleep behavior disorder

when one can still move around during REM sleep

sequential processing

the execution of tasks in a specific order, one after the other

parallel processing

the ability to execute multiple tasks simultaneously, switching between the two

William James

the father of American Psychology, offered the first Psychology course in the US

Ernest Hilgard

did a lot of research into hypnosis and pain control

Sigmund Freud

the founder of psychological analysis, also the Oedipus complex