01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Suggestibility, Lightdark, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr.John Ackroff

Document Summary

The subjective experience of perceiving oneself and one"s surroundings. The ability to report something in words. How you feel, what you feel, what you don"t feel. Brain death- the brain shows no activity and no response to any stimulus. Coma- the brain shows a steady low level of activity, [but] no response to any stimulus. Minimally conscious state- marked by brief periods of purposeful actions and speech comprehension. Fmri sometimes shows responses to spoken commands. Fmri sometimes shows the ability to answer questions. But pts were upgraded to minimally conscious 3-4 days later. A tendency to be unconscious of the left side of the body, the left side of the world, or the left side of objects. Report of intent precedes start of motion. Circadian rhythms- rhythms of activity and inactivity lasting about a day. Absent outside influence, ours would be about 25 hours long. Do their best work early in the day. Young adults tend to be evening people.