Consciousness
The sleeping disorder where you have trouble falling or staying asleep
Insomnia
The sleep stage where our dreams are most vivid and often bizarre.
REM Sleep
Conversion of one energy into another
Transduction
Side of the brain that is more creative
Right Brain
Our 24-hour biological clock
Circadian Rhythm
When your senses overlap
Synthesia
The major inhibitory neurotransmitters
GABA
The unconscious processing of multiple stimuli
Parallel Processing
The part of the eye that helps focus images
Lens
Where Broca's Area and Motor Cortex are located
Frontal Lobe
The study of brain activity linked with cognition
Cognitive Neuroscience
The sleep stage somnambulism occurs in
NREM3
What are our chemical senses
Taste and Smell
A neuron's brief resting period before firing again
Refractory Period
The sleep stage we spend about 40-50% in.
NREM2
Theory that tries to understand why we detect stimuli amid background noise
Signal Detection Theory