PSYO 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Somnolence, Glasgow Coma Scale, Lucid Dream
24 Dec 2015
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Moment to moment awareness of our environment and ourselves: virtually all-living creatures have consciousness. Awareness: the degree of alertness (i. e. awake, drowsy, asleep, monitoring information from the environment and from one"s own thoughts. Coma: varying levels, glasgow coma scale. Locked in syndrome: paralysis with intact cognition. This scale classifies patients as mild (score >13), moderate (8-12), or severe (<8) Any dream where you are aware of actually dreaming. Typically, you can also control and manipulate things within your dream world. Lucid dreaming is similar to a waking state. Frontal lobe must be activated enough for self-awareness, but not quite enough to wake you up. 44 year old man was married, had 2 children, an iq of 75, and. Fluid on the brain worked as a civil servant. The man is missing most of his brain, but still has consciousness! One view is that our consciousness shifts to events or tasks that are most relevant.
