PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Circadian Rhythm, Delta Wave, Sleep Deprivation
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Moment to moment awareness of ourselves and environment. Perform many mental functions without being aware of it. Blind sight: the ability to respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them. We don"t have to be consciously aware in order to learn or to navigate. Idea that vision is not entirely seeing there can be a disconnection. Subjective and private: your personal understanding of the events, unique to individuals, varies on your interpretation and understanding of the events, others cannot directly know our reality (and vise versa) Dynamic: ever changing, varies day to day ex: if your tired your experience of coffee might be different, if you are older experience of a sunset might be different than when you are younger. Self-reflective: we monitor and evaluate our own conscious experience (aware of thoughts, mind is aware of its own consciousness. Shift from consciousness to behaviourism because people got fed up with understanding consciousness.
