Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Circadian Rhythm, Sleep Spindle, Pineal Gland

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Michael Atkinson

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Saying the word instead of the colour its in. Levels of all these change during the day. They peak in the late afternoon (best time for physical task) Internal timing mechanism for the hypothalamus, thus it influences the pineal/ pituitary gland. Daylight stimulates the scn, through inhibiting the production of melatonin in the pineal gland. Darkness removes the inhibition, resulting in more melatonin, making us feel tired. Advancing your rhythms are more difficult than delaying them. Harder to go to europe than to come back. Hard for it to get to your brain and impact you. Water, no booze, stretch, light meals, expose to sunlight. Awareness of the relationship between self and external world. Conscious experience is what happens when our mind puts available input together. Information is not currently available, but could be. You don"t always know, but when you d, you can pull it out of your conscious.