PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sleep Spindle, Eye Movement, Alpha Wave

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 150A1
• Professor: Adam Lazarewicz

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Stimulation of one sense leads to automatic experiences in a second sense. Not just cross-metaphors ( loud shirt bitter wind ) Up to 1 in 23 people (but maybe everyone?) Letters and/or numbers associated with specific colors. Associations vary, but there are some common pairings. Activation of a concept leads to perceptual experience. Words /sounds associated with specific tastes (e. g. /k/ paired with taste of eggs) Nikolic et al. (2011): different swimming styles different colors. Black and white photos of front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly. Choose color from 5500+ colors 1 month later do it again. Stroop task variation: pictures of swimming styles in different colors name the color. Consciousness: person"s awareness of his/her own existence, sensation, cognitions, and environment. Consciousness emerges from many individual brain events (musical chord analogy) Different parts of the brain, depending what the person is aware of at a given time. Consciousness of action lags slightly behind the brain events that evoke it (libet,