The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
Chapter 8: Which side did Mrs. S completely ignore?
The left side
The philosopher that questioned whether he or anything else really existed
Rene Descartes
Visual sensory memory that lasts about 1 second.
What is self awareness?
awareness of the self
"I think therefore I am" refers to the idea that..
The mind must exist
Chapter 1: What did Dr. P suffer from?
Visual Agnosia
The process of detecting stimuli is called?
Sensation
What is dichotic listening?
Listening to two things at once
"Never the same Gage again" refers to a man named?
Phineas Gage
The belief that mind and body are made of different things..
Dualism
Chapter 2: What year does Jimmie believe it is?
1945/1940's
What is Top-down processing?
Perception influenced by past experiences
What is overt attention?
directed attention/ attention to a scene
What is the idea of a continuous Self is an illusion called?
Bundle theories
The belief that there is only one kind of "stuff"
Monism
Chapter 3: What specific neurological condition did Christina suffer from?
The complete loss of proprioception
What is the McGurk Effect?
Perception of language altered by visual cues
What is covert attention?
Attention being grabbed by something that we are not directly paying attention to
The idea that there is a thing that can be called the "Self"
Ego theories
The aspects of feeling or experience that cannot be explained with words or knowledge is called?
The Explanatory Gap
Chapter 12: What were two things Dr. Sacks was mistaken for by Mr Thompson?
Butcher and Mechanic
Converting info from the physical environment into the neural impulses is called?
Sensory transduction
What is implicit memory?
Procedural memory for skills
What is the Buddhist doctrine of "no self" or the "absence of self" called?
Anatta
The idea that every physical object has a form of "consciousness"
Panpsychism