PS101 Study Guide - Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Visual Cortex, Occipital Lobe

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Amount of sleep b4 receiving vaccination may affect the effectiveness of the shot. Sleep plays an important role in remembering things. Brains work the most when we are asleep. Altered states of consciousness- hypnosis, drugs, meditation. Maintsin some degree of awareness even when we are under anesthesia. Mind wandering- people"s experience of task-unrelated to thoughts. Distinction between what we control about our mental processes and what just seems to happen is often referred to as the difference between controlled and automatic processes. Use of blink- how quickly and effortlessly some of our judgements are made. Eeg-devide that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by means of recording electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp. States of consciousness: beta-13-24cps-normal, alpha-8-12-relaxing, meditation, theta-4-7-light sleep, delta-less than 4-deep sleep. William dement-discovery of rem: first laboratory dedicated to sleep, regulates sleep point at the night. Biological rhythms- periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning: based on light and darkness.

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