PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Mangum, Ruston, Louisiana

• School: Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2000
• Professor: Alex Cohen

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I(cid:373)ilar to (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e thi(cid:374)k of as the soul or mind. Tended to the mystical but not religious: sigmund freud (1856-1939, austrian neurologist/psychoanalyst, proposed a(cid:374) (cid:862)ego(cid:863), the (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious self. Not fro(cid:373) the soul, (cid:271)ut rather, a reflection of the mind and brain: contemporary perspectives, consciousness is awareness, daniel dennett (1942-, american philosopher and cognitive scientist who went to university of. Tufts: said consciousness is a subjective state- the (cid:862)e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) or (cid:862)feeli(cid:374)g(cid:863) of being aware. This is a trick, by the brain: focused on the problem of consciousness https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=r-nj_reqkyq, consciousness measured: medicine, neural correlates, consciousness arises from the brain. An integration of various brain regions and cognitive abilities. Insomnia/sleep disorders: relaxation, anxiety, brain damage, adhd, the lows of consciousness, sleep, stage 1: muscles are active, and the eyes roll slowly, opening and closing moderately. Brief (15 min. nap: stage 2: deeper sleep. Hard to awaken (groggy: stage 3/4: slow-wave sleep.