PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Electroencephalography, Sleep Deprivation
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Self awareness appears to be the result of our ability to communicate. Implicit memories provide evidence that unattended information may be remembered. For people with healthy brains, the two cerebral hemispheres collaborate to process and integrate information. The person who discovered the modern phenomenon of hypnosis was mesmer. According to the dissociation approach of hypnosis, induction is presumed to isolate some psychological processes from conscious perception pg 284. The record of electrical changes that shows the activity of the heart is called an electrocardiogram. There are five stages of sleep (including rem sleep) pg 286/287. If you woke me during rem sleep, i would be able to tell you about a dream that i was having at that time. The basic rest activity cycle (brac) is a 90 minute cycle in alternating levels of alertness controlled by the pons. During sleep it controls cycles of rem sleep and slow-wave sleep.
