Consciousness

Question 1

sleep apnea

Answer 1

“with no breath”

repeated awakening after breathing stops: time in bed is not restorative sleep

Question 2

selective attention

Answer 2

what we focus on and notice

Question 3

LSD

Answer 3

one of the most powerful drugs known- only takes 1 millionth of an ounce to produce mind altering effects

Question 4

hallucinations

Answer 4

an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present

Question 5

cocktail party effect

Answer 5

we can focus our mental spotlight on a conversation even when other conversation ma are going on around us

Question 6

narcolepsy

Answer 6

“numb seizure”

slew attacks even a collapse into REM/paralyzed sleep at in opportune times

Question 7

Inattentional blindness

Answer 7

Inattentional blindness, also known as perceptual blindness, is a psychological lack of attention and is not associated with any vision defects or deficits. It may be further defined as the event in which an individual fails to recognize an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight.

Question 8

REM sleep

Answer 8

Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep, REMS) is a unique phase of mammalian sleep characterized by random movement of the eyes, low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.