Psychology chap 1 notes Consciousness What is consciousness? . The awareness of our internal and external environments is an ever-changing array of thoughts‚ feelings and sensations known as consciousness. . Your consciousness consists of all the thoughts‚ feelings‚ sensations‚ perceptions and memories you are aware of at any given moment‚ you can also manipulate your consciousness very easily. . Consciousness is personal because it consists of your understanding and perceptions of the world
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50 Ways To Boost Your Brain Power 1) Meditate — Meditation has been known to increase IQ‚ relieve stress‚ and promotes higher levels of brain functioning. Meditation also activates the “prefrontal cortex” of the brain‚ an area responsible for advanced thinking ability and performance. 2) Draw A Picture — Drawing stimulates the right-hemisphere of the brain and inspires creativity. Get out the colored pencils and begin drawing your way to a powerful brain. 3) Exercise Long-term exercise has
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In Germany around the 1920’s‚ a psychiatrist by the name Hans Berger‚ Created a tool that would help researchers study and measure the rhythmic electrical activity in the brain. This tool would pick up the brain waves and create an EEG or electroencephalogram. This device has played an important role in the studying of our sleeping patterns. There are two different brain waves that occur when entering sleep. There is the beta brain waves that generate fast while preparing for you slumber and then
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Stephanie Psychology Quiz 2 September 27‚ 2012 1. The field of Neuropsychology studies how the brain and nervous system affection our function day to day. Neuropsychologist use methods to evaluate‚ treat‚ and rehabilitate individuals with suspected or demonstrated neurological or psychological problems. 2. The left side of the brain controls the muscles on the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the muscles on the left side of the body. Sensory information
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1. What is sleep‚ what are its phases and what purpose does it serve? There are five stages of sleep; Stage #1: Light sleep Stage #2: Eye movement stops Stage #3: Brain waves interspersed with slow and fast movement Stage #4: brain produces Delta waves stage three and four are called deep sleep cycle. It is important to go through adequate sleep and get the sleep cycle run its course correctly. Our body repairs itself during sleep. Our body has an ingenious way of restoring our body as we sleep;
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Explaining a Concept: Sleep Have you ever wondered what happens in our sleep? Why do we even need sleep? Sleep is very unique as we are unconscious when it occurs. Most of our activity while we sleep occurs in the brain as it doesn’t simply shut off but instead keeps activity. The Brain’s activity during sleep can be put into 4 different stages and then we enter what we call REM sleep. This is the most Important part of sleep where our bodies recover for the next day. It is a very common belief
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ECT TREATMENT REFLECTION PAPER Today I was able to familiarize myself with indication‚ contraindications and nursing care of ECT patient before‚ during and after the procedures. ECT is a medical treatment for severe mental illness in which a small‚ carefully controlled amount of electricity is introduced into the brain. This electrical stimulation‚ used in conjunction with anesthesia like propofol and muscle relaxant medications like saxicoline‚ produces a mild generalized seizure or convulsion
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spokane community college Theory Paper Sleep and Dream Professor Spurgeon Trinh Dang 3/18/2014 Sleep and Dream When we sleep‚ we go through five sleep stages. The first stage is a very light sleep from which it is easy to wake up. The second stage moves into a slightly deeper sleep‚ and stages three and four represent our deepest sleep. Our brain activity throughout these stages is gradually slowing down so that by deep sleep. About 90 minutes after we go to sleep and after the
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Brain Activity During Sleep Imagine spending 1/3 of your life doing something and not knowing why you do it or what purpose is behind it. Sleep is one of the greatest mysteries that science is struggling with. It was once considered an inactive or passive state in which the mind used to recuperate from the day. This of course is not true‚ since the brain is in active stages while asleep and sometimes may even reach to a higher state of awareness than when awake. This fact has bewildered many scientists
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CHAPTER 4 Objectives: 1. Define consciousness.--------- 2. Appreciate the role of the circadian rhythm. 3. Describe the stages (5) of sleep including the sequence of the stages. The development of the electroencephalograph led to dramatic increases in what is known about sleep. When electrodes are attached to the face and scalp of sleepers‚ different patterns are produced on the graphic record called the electroencephalogram or EEG. The patterns vary in frequency and amplitude of the waves
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