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| the internal process that set priorities for mental functioning |
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different auditory messages are presented seperately and simultaneously to each ear
the task is for the subject to repeat aloud one message while ignoring the other |
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the ability to focus on one auidtory message and ignore others
ex- you take notice when someone says your name even if you're in a different conversation |
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fast and effortless focusing that requires little or no focused attention
you practice mozart a lot and now you don't have to think about it when you play, it's naturaly |
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a complex disorder of attention characterized by tendency to ignore things that appear on one side of the body
usually on the left |
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| a disorder marked by difficulties in concentrating or in sustaining attention for extended periods of time |
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| brain structures that schedule rhytmic variations in bodily functions by triggering them at the appropriate times |
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| the pattern of brain activity observed in someones who is in a relaxed state |
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| the pattern of brain activity in teh 1st stage of sleep |
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a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movement and low amplitude
associated with dreaming |
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| sudden extreme sleepiness |
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| a condition in which one rexperiences physical or psychological need for use of a drug |
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enhance GABA and dopamine
relaxation |
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| the subjective awareness of internal and external events |
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| purpose of dichotic listening |
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| investigate processes in atte |
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| will say after hearing months of testimony, the jury delivered a verdict of not guilty |
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| as individuals become more familiar with tasks the proportion of the brain's conscious resources that are used to perform these tasks |
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| will decrease, allowing other tasks to be performed at the same time |
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| dependent variable in cell phone experiment |
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| participant reaction time following the flash of red light |
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| the simpsons experiment showed |
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| an increase in participants thirst due to the flashing of thirsty subliminal messages |
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| visual neglect associated with injury to |
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| ali's response wit visual neglect |
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the 2nd house even though they are the same
(the 1st one was half on fire) |
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| stimulants like ridilan used to treate |
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| a rat's suprachiasmic necleus is destroyed it'll prbly have problems with |
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| with circadian rhythm if suddenly you went from a 24 hr day to a 26 hr day your would prbly |
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| follow the 26 hr schedule |
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| EEG waveform characteritcis |
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hiehgt or amp
frequency or number of cycles/second
regularity or smoothness of pattern |
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| alpha wave characterestics |
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high amp
slow
occur in a relaxed drowsy state |
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| brain waves in this state most resemble waves occuring when awake |
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| the sporatic short bursts of neural activity that are associated with stage 2 sleep are called |
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| the occasional sudden, sharp wave forms taht occur during stage 2 sleep |
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stage 2 and there's a crash
they'll prbly experience |
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| a K-complex pattern in the EEG pattern |
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| delta wave characteristics |
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high amp
low frequency
stage 4 sleep |
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| sleep prbly won't be interrupted |
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| average sleep cycle lasts |
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| REM sleep tends to dominate the sleep cycle |
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| the theory of sleep that suggests the purpose of sleep is to allow time for the body and mind to recover is |
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| restoration or repair theory |
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| the survival theory of why we sleep suggests |
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| because we rely on vision, sleeping at night had the adaptive value of keeping us safe |
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| prolonged sleep deprevation symptoms |
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slurred speech
sharp declines in mental activity |
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| depression plus lack of REM = |
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| a lessen in the depression |
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| freud thinks the latent content of a dream is |
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| the hidden or unconscious desires that cannot be expressed directly |
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| view that suggests dreams are produced as the brain attempts to interpret the sontatneous neural activity that occurs during REM desires is |
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| activiation-synthesis hypothesis |
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tired a lot and nodding of at meeting
prbly suffering from |
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| % of people who have sleep apnea? |
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| an antidepressant that acts by slowing the process through which serotonin is broken down |
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| ecstacy damages the thing in the brain invloved in making |
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| drugs that slow the central vervous system |
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alcohol
baribiturates
tranquilizers |
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caffeine
nicotine
cocaine
exstacy
amphetamines |
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| increase the effectiveness of the nuerotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine |
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| barbiturates are widely prescribed for |
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| drugs that bind to endorphin receptors are |
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| drugs that produce fractured perceptions are called |
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| a blending of perceptions from different sensory receptors |
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if someone is told before hypnosis that it'll causes rigidity of arms
they're likely to show that when hypnotized
this proves what |
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| hypnosis is a kind of social role-playing |
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| meditation you repeat a particular string of words or |
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