01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Circadian Rhythm, Bereitschaftspotential, Blindsight

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Lawrence Jacobs

Document Summary

Consciousness - the subjective experience of perceiving one"s self and other entities. Decreases in brain activity typically follow the decline. The nature of consciousness: stream of consciousness - term used by william james, psychology pioneer, to describe the mind as a continuous flow of changing sensations, images, thoughts, and feelings. Unconscious processes processing: studies of spatial neglect and blindsight provide evidence of unconscious, spatial neglect results from right hemispheric damage the affected person will, blindsight occurs in those who have damage to the visual cortex. Blindsight is found in individuals who suffer from blindness. Readiness potential : the phenomenon of readiness potential the increased motor cortex activity prior to the start of a movement - provides evidence that we begin our actions before we become aware of our intention to act. D j vu: is feeling of uncanny familiarity with a strange person, new place or event. the sense that an event is uncannily familiar.