Sleep
Consciousness
The Brain
Neurons
Scientific method
100

How much of our lives do we spend sleeping?

1/3
100

The combination of a person's subjective experience of the external world and the person's mental activity (this combination results from brain activity).

Consciousness

100

Executive control, planning, decision making, consequences, moral decisions, and primary motor cortex (*Phineas Gage*)

Frontal Lobe

100

The brain is composed of independent cells and information is transmitted from cell to cell across tiny gaps called synapses.

Neuron Doctrine

100

The scientific study investigation of mental processes and behaviors.

Psychology

200

Physiological fluctuations that occur on approximately a 24-hour cycle.

Circadian Rhythms

200

Consciousness is a product of activity in specific brain regions. The key of this is that no single area of the brain is responsible for general awareness.

Global Workspace Model

200

Higher level visual processing (ex: recognizing grandma), hearing, and language comprehension.

Temporal Lobe

200

Cells that power electrical impulses to communicate with other neurons through chemical signals.

Neurons

200

Focuses on observable behaviors that can be measured objectively.

Behaviorism

300

Defined as the number of wave cycles per second (Hertz: Hz) (Beta > Alpha)

Frequency.

300

A state of consciousness that reflects a clear awareness of the external world and inner mental activity.

Normal Waking State of Consciousness

300

Processes tactile information and pain.

Parietal Lobe

300

Branchlike extensions of the neuron that detect information from other neurons.

Dendrites

300

The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter (x-axis).

Independent variable

400

A measure of how much the signal changes from zero, or the height of the signal (power/energy) (alpha > alpha)

Amplitude

400

Increase both process and physical activity.

Stimulants

400

_____ is specialized in language. Split brain patients can report on an object presented in their right eye

Left Hemisphere.

400

Long, narrow outgrowth transmits electrical impulses.

Axon

400

The variable that is measured and is expected to change as a result of changes caused by the experimenter's manipulation of the independent variable (y-axis).

Dependent variable

500

Rapid eye movement, inactive body/active mind. (dream stage)

REM Sleep

500

Release from or reduction of inhibition results in excitation.

Disinhibition

500

_____ is specialized in spatial abilities. Split brain patients can not report on an object presented in their left visual field but could correctly choose the object with their left hand.

Right Hemisphere.

500

Chemical substances that carry signals from one neuron to another.


Neurotransmitters

500

A systematic procedure of observing and measuring phenomena to answer questions.

Scientific Method

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