Chapter 3 Flashcards
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition
Cognitive neuroscience
The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
Dual processing
A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it
Blindsight
The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Selective attention
Failing to notice changes in the environment
Change blindness
The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle
Circadian rhythm
Rapid eye movement sleep, a reoccurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur
REM stages
The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
Alpha waves
Periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness. As distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma general anesthesia or hibernation
Sleep
False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
Hallucinations
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
Delta waves
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Consciousness
Recurring problems am falling asleep or staying asleep
Insomnia
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks
Narcolepsy
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessation of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings
Sleep apnea
