PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sleep Deprivation, Alpha Wave, Stroop Effect
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Attention: our conscious awareness is limited in capacity and we are aware of only a small amount of the stimuli around us at any one time, attention refers to the process by which we focus our awareness. If you do(cid:374)"t pay atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374), you will (cid:374)ot re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er: three functions of attentional processes, orienting function toward the environment, continuously monitoring the environment (consciously and unconsciously, control of the content of consciousness. I will thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out this issue (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot that o(cid:374)e : maintaining alertness. October 23rd, 2017 negatively: our unconscious can fundamentally change/affect what we pay attention to and what we do(cid:374)"t. October 23rd, 2017: do not know where consciousness lies in the brain. Eeg stages of sleep: awake, alert and relaxed, eyes closes, nrem sleep, stage 4 is deepest stage of sleep, rem sleep, rapid eye movement, most dreaming occurs, first stage is very short (10 min max)
