PSY100H1 Chapter 4: PSY100 Chapter 4 Mind and Consciousness.docx
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Locked in syndrome: occurs when part of brain stem gets damaged. Awake and alert but cannot communicate jean-dominique bauby. Brain imaging allows researchers to see that similar regions of brain activated in coma patient and in healthy patients. Our brains active during sleep, even though we are not conscious. Consciousness: moment-by-moment subjective experiences, such as reflecting on current thoughts or paying attention to immediate surroundings. Scientists study 2 components of consciousness: contents of consciousness: things we are aware of, level of consciousness: coma, sleep, wakefulness. Also focus on things humans do consciously speaking, and unconsciously: scratching. Activity of neurons produces contents of consciousness. Cannot know if we all experience world in exactly same way. Scientists can look at brain activity and determine which object you are looking at. Frank tong (1998): studied relationship b/w consciousness and neural responses in brain.
