Consciousness Flashcards
(12 cards)
The continuous flow of subjective experience is called
Consciousness
The global workspace model posits:
A theory of a model of consciousness
A distributed network for conscious access
Basically saying, experiences result in information being broadcast across the brain
Inattentional blindness demonstrates that unexpected stimuli can go unnoticed without
Focused attention
The default mode network is active during
Rest and mind-wandering
Sleep stages are classified using:
Abbreviation
EEG
Electrical activity in the brain
REM sleep is associated with
Dreaming and muscle atonia
The suprachiasmatic nucleus regulates
Fancy term for body-clock
Circadian rhythms
Hypnosis involves
What does it do?
Increased suggestibility
Meditation can alter brain activity in the
Prefrontal cortex
Split-brain research highlights the role of the
Corpus callosum
Acts as a bridge between the left and the right hemispheres
Dual-process theories distinguish between
Conscious and unconscious cognitive processing
Anesthesia works by disrupting
Synaptic transmission in pain pathways