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CONSCIOUSNESS
What is Consciousness?
noun.
the normal state of being aware and able to
understand what is happening around you.
-Merriam-Webster
Consciousness is defined as our subjective
awareness of ourselves and our environment.
-Koch, 2004
Heightened Awareness Altered State of
Focused Selective Attention Consciousness
Daydreaming
Sleep
Altered State of
Anaesthetized Consciousness
Coma
Complete Lack of Awareness
William James: The Stream of Consciousness
“ever changing series of thoughts that can shift
smoothly and effortlessly from one moment to the
next, just like a water flowing in a stream.”
REM NREM-2
NREM-1 NREM-3
Common Types of Sleep Disorder
Snoring and Sleep
Apnea Sleep Paralysis
Restless Legs
Insomnia Syndrome
Parasomnia Narcolepsy
Dream
A succession of images, ideas, emotions, and
sensations that usually occur involuntarily in
the mind during certain stages of sleep.
Characteristics of Dreams
Dreams often feature Strange dream
intense emotions content is accepted
Dreams are frequently People experience
disorganized bizarre sensations
Difficult to
remember
Daydream
Is a short-term detachment from one’s
immediate surroundings, during which a
person’s contact with reality is blurred and
partially substituted by a visionary fantasy.
Lucid Dreaming
Stimulants Narcotics
Depressants Hallucinogens
Marijuana
State of consciousness you experience when
you are awake and aware of your thoughts,
feelings and perception from internal events
and the surrounding environment.
State of consciousness that deviates from
normal waking consciousness, in terms of
marked differences in the level of awareness,
perceptions, memories, emotions, thinking,
behaviors and sense of time, place and self-
control.
NREM-1