PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Amygdala, Subliminal Stimuli, Insomnia

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Variations in conscious experience: limit to how many things mind can be conscious of at same time. Level of consciousness varies through day, affected by actions/substances. Consciousness" 3 roles: complex actions requiring input from different brain regions, connecting with one another, complicated thinking: extreme states: coma: people still have sleep/wake cycles, do not respond, although brain sometimes can process info. Persistent vegetative state - no consciousness because no normal brain activity. No single area responsible for awareness; different areas deal with different types of info, each system responsible for consciousness awareness of its type of info. Right brain experiences world, remember things with less narrative interpretation. Left hemisphere interpreter searches for patterns that might not even exist. Unconscious processing influences behavior: we are aware of some mental processes but not others. Subliminal perception: processing of info by sensory systems without conscious awareness, used in ads: smart unconscious: not consciously thinking can produce a superior outcome to consciously thinking.

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