PPT-8: Attention and Consciousness

Cognitive Neuroscience David Eagleman Jonathan Downar Chapter Outline Awareness Requires Attention Approaches to Studying Attention and Awareness Neural Mechanisms of Attention and Awareness. David Armstrong. Australian philosopher at the University of Sydney.. “Many . people would say David Armstrong is Australia's greatest living philosopher, living or . dead. .. ” – . Michael . McDermott. Rene Descartes. . Reasoned that the mind is a non-physical entity (i.e. A soul), whereas the body is a physical, fleshy structure (i.e. Matter). He believed mind and body interacted through the pineal gland (a structure near the centre of the . Modules 7-10. AP Psychology. Ms. C. Fahey. Module 7: The Brain & Consciousness. Consciousness: . The process underlying the mental model we create of the world of which we are aware.. It is also a part of the mind from which we can potentially retrieve a fact, an idea, an emotion, or a memory and combine it with critical thinking.. Chapter 4. Consciousness. A state of awareness of ourselves and of the world around us.. Your consciousness consists of whatever you happen to be aware of at any given moment in time- . thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions of the outside world.. Year 12 Psychology Unit 3 – The Conscious Self. Area of Study 1: Mind, Brain and Body. Chapter 2 . (pages 96 to 131). States of Consciousness. Level of awareness of our internal state & external events. This determines how much of this information we take in & respond to.. :. Hypnosis. Hypnosis . Today’s Goal:. Discuss theories of hypnosis, noting the behavior of hypnotized people and claims regarding its uses.. What is hypnosis?. Hypnotist makes suggestions about perceptions, thoughts, feelings, behaviors that a subject follows. Software Agent. 2009. 04. 09. Seunghyun Lee. David Gamez, . Consciousness and Cognition . vol.17, pp.. 887-910, 2007. Contents. Introduction. Classification of Machine Consciousness. MC1, MC2, MC3, and MC4. and Consciousness. Cognitive Neuroscience. David Eagleman. Jonathan . Downar. Chapter Outline. Awareness Requires Attention. Approaches to Studying Attention and Awareness. Neural Mechanisms of Attention and Awareness. Pamela Sturm Anderson, . Ed.D. .. . © 2015. A Little Brain Anatomy and Mechanics. The Brain. Image from. Brain Facts: A Primer. of the Brain and the Nervous . Sysem. , p.5.. 2008 Society for Neuroscience. Chapter 4. Ciccarelli. and White. Introductory Psychology Spring 2014. What is Consciousness . Content Consciousness vs Phenomenal Consciousness. A person’s awareness of everything that is going on around him/her at any given moment, which is used to organize behavior. Dream Experiment. Is it possible to successfully plan your dreams?. All students will keep a record of their dreams. Half of the students will write the following in their journal. A brief account of their day (1 paragraph). 7-1: . WHAT IS THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN PSYCHOLOGY’S HISTORY?. 1880s. : . Psychology . at. its beginning was defined . as description and explanation of states of . consciousness. First half of 20. What is it?. Our awareness of ourselves and our environment. Some types of consciousness occur spontaneously. Daydreaming. Drowsiness - sleep. Dreaming. Some types of consciousness are Physiologically Induced. behaviour. ?. Dot Point #1: The consciousness continuum . consciousness as a . psychological construct . that . varies along a continuum. , broadly . categorised. into . normal waking . consciousness .