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Function of Prefrontal Cortex...
Attention regulation, memory processing, and response inhibition
What is Metaconscious?
Aware of own thinking process
What is consciousness?
The state of being aware of yourself and the world around you, including your thoughts, feelings, memories, sensations, and environments
What lobes does conscious involve?
Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
Difference between conscious and metaconscious
Consciousness - Normal state where people are alert, awake, and aware
Metaconscious - Aware of own THOUGHTS
What are the two main ideas of consciousness?
1. Consciousness is created by brain processes
2. Consciousness might be more than the brain, or even a basic part of the universe.
True or False: Consciousness is localized to a single area of the cerebral cortex.
False
Which of the following is NOT considered a level of consciousness?
A) Conscious
B) Metaconscious
C) Delirium
D) Subconscious
D) Subconscious
What is the Libet experiment and its philosophy?
Experiment to understand the relationship between the brain and voluntary actions.
Actions are pre-determined from the brain without your input
Why does short-term memory rely on conscious attention?
it essentially holds the information that is currently being actively processed and focused on in the moment.
Order of the levels of consciousness
Metaconscious, Conscious, Confused, Delirious, Sleep and Dreams, Comatose
What might happen if an organ gets transplanted to another person?
Gaining personality and memory of that donor.
How is memory related to consciousness?
Consciousness binds elements of an experience together, allowing for the creation of a memory trace that can include multisensory details.
True or False: Consciousness is a binary state, meaning one is either fully conscious or completely unconscious.
False
Do you think consciousness is only caused by the brain?
Consciousness can not simply be reduced to neural activity alone. Consciousness may not originate in the brain, although some aspects of human perception of consciousness may be dependent on the brain.