Consciousness
What is consciousness?
Awareness of internal and external stimuli.
What are the three biological rhythms?
Ultraradian, infradian and circadian
What is a lucid dream?
A lucid dream is when one is aware they are ina dream, and can somewhat control the outcome or storyline
What is meditation?
An exercise that is used to achieve an altered state of consciousness.
What's a psychoactive drug?
Psychoactive drugs effect brain processes, and results in altered states of consciousness, moods and perceptions.
Name 2 types of consciousness
Sleep, Wakefulness, Preconscious, Nonconscious, Unconscious
Name two effects that come from lack of sufficient sleep?
Lowered levels of alertness, lack of energy, cardiovascular issues, hypertensions, stroke, ETC.
What's a Rem rebound?
When you spend more time in Rem sleep after after periods of Rem deprivation.
What is a physiological effect of meditation?
Lowered heart rate, less muscle tension ETC.
What are antagonists?
Antagonist rugs are drugs that block or impede the activity of a neurotransmitter system.
Name the 3 altered states of consciousness
Hypnosis, meditation, psychoactive drugs
What is stage 1 of sleep?
The transition phase between sleep and Wakefulness
What is Brainplasticity?
Recognizing that Rem is important for the brain's development of it's structure, and reorganization.
What are some psychological effects of meditation?
Lowered anxiety/stress
What is addiction?
When someone no loner possess control over intake of something that can harm you.
What is Implicit and Explicit cognitive processes?
Implicit: mental activities with no conscious awareness. But we can still be influenced by these mental activities.
Explicit: mental activities of which we are consciously aware.
What is Rem stage?
Stage in which most dreaming occurs
True or False, Dreams are often organized in a story like manner?
True!
What treatments can meditation POSSIBLY have?
Drugs/Alcohol abuse recovery, insomnia ETC.
What are at least 2 drug categories?
Depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens
What are the 3 levels of cognitive processing? (As relating to consciousness.)
Priming, Mere exposure and implicit associations.
Name a sleeping disorder
Insomnia, Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnea
What mammal doesn't have a lot of Rem sleep due to the fact only half of their brain is asleep?
Doliphins
What cultures in Meditation most common?
Buddhist and Asian cultures
What drug classifications does Marijuana fall into?
Marijuana can fall into hallucinogens, stimulants and depressants!