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What is consciousness?
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Awake, alive, aware of yourself, aware of being
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What does consciousness feel like?
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being aware
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What are altered states of consciousness?
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drugs, dreaming, meditation, concussions, hypnosis
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How can you alter your state of consciousness?
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how awake you are, if you are hypnotized
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What is the definition of consciousness?
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Consciousness is your mental awareness of thoughts, feelings, senses, perceptions and memories at a specific point in time.
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What is sleep?
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Sleep is a natural, but unique state of consciousness. It follows a biological (circadian meaning around day) rhythm that depends on light. Sleep is changes in brain activity patterns.
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What is sleep for?
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Sleep is for body recovery, encoding and organizing info.
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What is jet-leg?
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Jet-leg is when you need to get use to a new time zone.
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Does the brain every "shut-down"?
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No.
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How many stages of sleep are there?
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There are 4 stages of sleep.
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What is stage 1 of sleep?
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Stage 1 of sleep is when you are so relaxed that you only sort of know what is going on around you. You know about everything going on around you but don't know where everything is coming from.
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What level(s) of sleep are called deep sleep?
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Levels 3 and 4 are called deep sleep.
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What are dreams?
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Dreams are the brain trying to connect different ideas to make sense of something? Like connecting constellations.
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What part of the body releases melatonin to induce sleep?
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The hypothalamus releases melatonin to induce sleep.
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What is stage 1 of sleep?
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light sleep
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What is stage 2 of sleep?
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breathing and heart rate slowed
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What is stage 3 and 4 of sleep?
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deep sleep
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What is sleep deprivation?
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Mental functions are impaired after 1 or 2 nights of sleep. Might hallucinate after 60 hours of sleep. After 16 hours of sleep it's like someone who has .05 BAC
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What is a microsleep?
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Microsleep is 2 - 3 second lapses into sleep.
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What is REM rebound?
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Rem rebound is increased time in REM after sleep loss. During a REM rebound people have nightmares.
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What is REM?
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Rapid Eye Movement. Alcohol reduces time in REM sleep.
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What is dreaming?
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Everyone dreams. Most dreams occur in REM.
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What is Lucid Dreaming?
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Lucid Dreaming is when you are aware of dreaming, most people are often in control of lucid dreams.
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