PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Caffeine, Cerebellum, Sleep Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Track mind: brain states and consciousness not on midterm, only. Defining consciousness: emerged in the 1960s after behaviors was explored, neuroscience advances related brain activity to sleeping, dreaming and other mental states, consciousness: our awareness of ourselves and our environment. Allows us to assemble information from many sources as we reflect on our past and plan for the future. Focuses our attention when we learn a complex concept behavior: states of consciousness. Sensory deprivation, hypnosis, meditation: science shows that consciousness: Can help us act in our long-term interests. Promotes our survival by anticipating how we seem to others. The biology of consciousness: b. 1 cognitive neuroscience. Definition: the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with our mental processes. Relates specific brain states to conscious experiences. Many cognitive neuroscientists are exploring and mapping conscious functions of the cortex. One view sees conscious experiences as produced by the synchronized activity across the brain: i. e.