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17 Cards in this Set
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Cognitive Neuroscientists |
study how brain signals translate into conscious awareness and mental processes |
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"The Dual Track Mind" |
information is often processed at both a conscious and subconscious level |
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Blindsight |
ability to respond to a stimulus without actually seeing it |
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Selective attention |
focuses your awareness on a particular stimulus, paying attention in class to the teacher talking |
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Cocktail party effect |
so loud and can barely hear but when someone calls your name from across the room you can hear them |
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Example of selective attention |
using a cell phone while driving |
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Inattentional blindness |
failure to notice a change in our environment |
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Change blindness |
failure to notice a change in our environment |
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Circadian Rhythm |
-our biological clock is our circadian rhythm; occurs within a 24 hour day -lifestyle can alter this -age and experience can alter this as well |
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Awake 1. |
eyes open, beta waves |
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Awake 2. |
eyes closed, beta alpha |
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NREM Stage 1 |
asleep, hallucinations, falling, floating |
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NREM Stage 2 |
sleep spindles, rapid bursts of brain activity |
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NREM Stage 3 & 4 |
deep sleep |
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REM |
rapid eye movement, 10 into deep sleep, heartbeat increases, changed breathing, hard to be woken up, when dreams occur |
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Sleep Theories |
-protects -helps us recuperate -helps restore and rebuild our fading memories of the day's experiences -feeds creative thinking -promotes growth |
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