PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Alpha Wave, Brainstem, Benzodiazepine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

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Introduction to psychology psyc*1000-01 lecture 11 october 18th 2016. Solely for the personal use of the authorized students and may not be reproduced, modified or transmitted to others dr. benjamin gigu re 2016 total slides included 31. What are some normally occurring variations of consciousness? (sleep and dreams: 3. What are some induced variations of consciousness? (substance use) What are typical variations of consciousness: automatic variations, such as daydreaming, drowsiness, sleep and dreams, physiological variations, such as hallucinations, lack of oxygen, orgasms, psychological variations, such as sensory deprivation, hypnosis, mindfulness meditation. Awake and active: beta waves: high frequency, low amplitude, these waves are often irregular waves. Awake and calm: alpha waves: relatively high frequency & low amplitude, but, less frequent and more amplitude than beta waves, more regular than beta waves. Variations within 90 minute cycles: with each stage of 90 minutes time spent in stage 4 decreases and the time in spent in rem increases.