PSYC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Psilocybin, Frontal Lobe, Problem Solving
2 Nov 2017
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Chapter 5: biological rhythms of consciousness: wakefulness and sleep. It is a persons subjective awareness, including thoughts perceptions, experiences of the world, and self-awareness. Everyone has to sleep and we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping. Like the bears/bees cycle of activity during warm months and hibernation during winter. Biological rhythms that cycle over a period longer than a day. Biological rhythms that cycle over a period shorter than a day. Biological rhythms that cycle over a 24-hour period. Internally driven daily cycles of approximately 24 hours affecting physiological and behavioural processes. The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus receives information from the cells of the retinas as to if there is light in our environment. If its dark, it turns down our alertness. The scn communicates signals about light levels with the pineal gland. Controls all other glands that controls hormone levels.
