PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Slow-Wave Sleep, Circadian Rhythm, Bernardo Bellotto

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Consciousness: person"s subjective experience of the world and the mind (experience and agency- sense of control: phenomenology: how things seem to the conscious person, problem of other minds: fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others. People judge minds according to the capacity for experience and agency. Finding: some rare unconscious patients have brain responses to conversation. One view: synchronized, coordinated brain activity generates consciousness, or at least is a sign that conscious activity is occurring. Theory of unconsciousness: slim line between completely empty and minimally active so you can switch at some point. Most people think: you intend to do something and your brain follows you, but the thought/intention comes first. Unity: resistance to division: divided attention (multi-tasking for ex. ) Selectivity: capacity to include some objects but not others: dichotic listening: task in which people wearing headphones hear different messages presented to each ear.

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