Consciousness
Our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment is called what?
Consciousness
This is an unique state of altered consciousness where you are not aware of many stimuli but are not completely unaware either.
Sleep
What stage of sleep do most dreams occur?
REM (Rapid Eye Movment)
In Finding Nemo what is the name of the blue fish with memory issues
Dori
This Mexican food item has a name meaning "Little Donkey"
Burrito
This is the interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition
Cognitive neuroscience
A persons biological clock, or regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle
Circadian Rhythm
bizarre experiences, such as jerking or a feeling of falling or floating weightlessly, while transitioning to sleep. Typically felt in NREM 1
Hypnagogic sensations (hypnic sensations)
"I Feel the need, the need for speed" is a famous line from what movie about naval aviators?
Top Gun
Which 2 countries share the longest border in the world?
United States and Canada
Principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.
Dual Processing
A typical sleep cycle lasts approximately how long?
90 minutes
A type of dream where a person feels they are in control of happenings within the dream itself?
Lucid Dreaming
Who directed the movie Jurassic Park?
Steven Spielberg
What is the most commonly spoken language in the world?
Mandarin Chinese
Processing multiple aspects of a stimulus simultaneously (How we process information the vast majority of the time)
3 of the 4 stages of sleep are all classified by this term?
NREM (non rapid eye movement)
Dream Theory that suggests dreams represent greater meaning buried in a person's unconsciousness. Dreams are filled with manifest content that represents latent content.
Psychoanalytic Theory
What color pill does Neo take in the Matrix?
Red
Richard Hatch is the very first winner of which reality TV show
Survivor
Processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time, typically used to process new information or to solve difficult problems
Sequential Processing
a pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythm. In response to light, it adjusts melatonin production, thus modifying our feelings of sleepiness.
Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
Dream theory that suggests dream episodes are created as a result of the brain attempting to make sense of random firings of images and memories that do not make sense together.
Activation-Syntheses Theory
What is the name of the potion that grants good luck in the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince?
Felix Felicis
In a quest to replace rubber, James Wright accidentally invented what common toy?
Silly Putty