attention
Fast and effortless processing that requires little or no focused attention.
What is automaticity?
biological activities that rise and fall within a 24 hour cycle.
What are circadian rhythms?
affect behavior though alternations of conscious awareness?
What are psychoactive drugs?
Greek meaning is "to sleep."
What is hypnosis?
tendency to ignore things that appear on one side of the body.
The task is to repeat aloud one message while ignoring the other when 2 different auditory messages are presented simultaneously and separately to each ear.
What is dichotic listening?
Brain activity pattern observed in a relaxed state.
What are alpha waves?
Slows or depresses ongoing activity of central nervous system.
What are depressants?
claims that hypnosis can dramatically enhance memory.
What is hypnotic hypermnesia?
Associated with hyperactivity, difficulty in concentrating for extended periods of time.
What is ADHD?
Suggests that our brains are aware of more than we think.
What is the cocktail party effect?
Characterized by synchronized slow waves.
What is delta activity?
Reduce anxiety, lower sensitivity to pain, and elevates mood.
What are opiates?
Hypnotically induced splitting of consciousness.
What is hypnotic dissociation?
abnormal sleep disturbances including nightmares and sleepwalking.
What are parasomnias?
Started the "ear switching" experiment.
Who is Treisman?
trigger rhythmic variations in bodily functions at appropriate times.
What are biological clocks?
Caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, and cocaine.
What are stimulants?
wanted to restore patients' balance of 'universal fluids."
Who is Franz Anton Mesmer?
excessive sleepiness.
What is hypersomnia?
Important part of how people coordinate and control their actions.
what is prioritizing mental functions?
Associated with dreaming.
What is REM?
tend to disrupt normal mental and emotional functioning.
What are hallucinogens?
Argued that conscious awareness in a hypnotized subject is actually divided into 2 components.
Who is Hilgard?
Sudden extreme sleepiness.
What is narcolepsy?