PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reuptake, Nicotine, Suggestibility
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Mind wandering when youre doing one task but your mind is wondering to un related thoughts. This occurs mostly with automatical and familiar tasks (ex. driving) Unconscious thought ? thought without attention (kind of like mind wandering this might actually be helpful: can benefit decision making -> trying to solve a problem, let your mind wonder. Biological clock light goes to your eye, hits retinal receptors, hits the scn, stimulates the pineal gland, results in melatonin (dracula hormone as it comes out at night to help you sleep) 1: pay back the 1 hour you missed the next night. Amygdala activity goes up but your pre frontal cortex activity decreases. Cognitive: memory, reasoning, logic, etc deficits: fallout: irrational, more emotional but can"t control it, inhibitions go down, moody. Cortisol (stress hormone) sustains in our body -> it eats at out organs, immunity ->decline.
