PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder, Intralaminar Nuclei Of Thalamus, Cerebral Cortex

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dr.Susan Walling

Document Summary

Module 29: when we are awake: conscious awareness. Consciousness: our immediate awareness of our internal and external states. Attention is a key part of our conscious awareness. The relationship between attention and conscious is the topic of lively debate in psychology. One possibility is that attention is a prerequisite for consciousness. John ratey has pointed out that before we can be conscious of something, we have to pay attention to it . At the same time, attention does not equal consciousness; we need something more. To be fully conscious of something, we must be aware that we are attending to it. Inattention blindness, refers to the consistent research finding that people who are not paying attention to a picture, video, or scene are unable to report on the details of what those visual stimuli contain. It may be that some of our consciousness is not tied to our attention.