PSYC 100A Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Chemical Substance, Barbiturate, Endorphins

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Consciousness: the awareness of ourselves and our environment. Our attention focuses when we are learning a complex skill (ie: driving) Alternate states of consciousness: spontaneously: day dreaming, drowsiness, dreaming, psychologically: sensory deprivation, hypnosis, meditation, physiologically: hallucinations, orgasms, food and /or oxygen deprivation. Cognitive neuroscience: the study of brain activity linked with mental processes. Related specifically with the brains state of consciousness. Some studies have found that even in a motionless body the brain is still active. Consciousness threshold: is passed when enough coordinated brain wide activity is reached. If the trigger is weak (ie: a weak stimuli) the activity fades. Reverberating activity: a type of brain scan that shows what parts of the brain are conscious at what time. The dual track mind: unconscious information is processing occurs simultaneously on many parallel tracks. Dual processing: information can be conscious and unconsciously processed simultaneously on separate tracks.

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