PSY 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Brain Death, Sleep Paralysis, Traumatic Brain Injury
16 Nov 2020
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What is consciousness: associated with brain activity, variations occur naturally, can be manipulated, varies from person to person, consciousness: one subjective experience of the world resulting from brain activity. Brain activity gives rise to consciousness: psychologists now examine and even measure consciousness & other previous states that were previously viewed as too subjective to be studied. Consciousness changes following brain injury: traumatic brain injury (tbi): impairments in mental functioning caused by a blow to or very sharp movement of the head, can range from mild to severe. Coma: coma: a lack of normal consciousness, allows the brain to rest, cannot be awakened, fail to respond normally to pain, light, and sound, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a full coma that lasts for more than a month. Brain death: brain death: irreversible loss of brain function.
