PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alpha Wave, Toyota Belta, Orexin
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On the nature of consciousness (5. 1: consciousness: awareness of internal and external stimuli, personal awareness. Alert and awake (normal waking thought, alert problem solving) Relaxed & drowsy (deep relaxation, blank mind, meditation) Deep sleep: biological rhythms: periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning. Inconsistent results due to missed crucial timing of taking the dose. Infants: greater total amount of sleep and rem (50% vs 20% @adutls) Iq: memory consolidation, not dependent on the content of dreams. Rem periods, resulting in virtually paralysis of muscles during. Rem: most likely to develop into neurodegenerative disorders (parkinson"s disease. Up to 10 years: more common in men in 50s/60s. No special state of consciousness is required to explain hypnotic feats: hypnotized participants are often acting out a role, situational factors lead to suggestible subjects to act out a certain role in a highly cooperative manner. Impaired judgements risk of accidents: cannabis: hemp plant, types: marijuana, harish, thc, effects:
