PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Polysomnography, Sleep Deprivation, Heart Rate
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Defendant accused of murder- when sleep walking. R. v. park (1992: drove to inlaw- stabbed mother in law, then drove himself to police- turn himself in, no guilty- inability to understand what he was doing. R. v. griggs (1859: women who had 3 children, 3 her infant out of the window- then people heard screaming then come over, not guilty. = all claim that they were sleepwalking. Awareness of internal and external stimuli: awareness of what going around you- any you physical state. Stream of consciousness- i need to go get bread things that you experience that. Selective attention constantly evolving and changing: directing attention to a particular stimulus or set of stimuli, selective attention- attend to particular stimulus- ignore other ones. To be conscious- not have to pay attention to everything. Talking on phone- not focus on driving- since distracted by phone. Something your supposed to be paying attention to- mind drift of to something random.
