Exam 7: A: Brain States and Consciousness

The interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with our mental processes is known as

Our awareness of ourselves and our environment is called

Damage to the brain's visual perception track without any damage to the brain's visual action track is associated with a condition known as

Parallel processing is to sequential processing as ________ is to ________.

Felix was so preoccupied with his girlfriend's good looks that he failed to perceive any of her less admirable characteristics. This best illustrates the dangers of

One study of long-haul truck drivers showed that they were at 23 times greater risk of a collision while texting. This best illustrates the impact of

The ability to consciously recognize and name the color of an object while we simultaneously and unconsciously monitor the object's shape and movement illustrates

Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Schultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates

Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, Jerry kept looking at his watch to see the time. As a result, he failed to see that a store employee was being robbed by a person just in front of him. Jerry most clearly suffered

When Jason briefly turned to summon the waiter, his wife quickly switched her glass of red wine with his glass of white wine. Jason's failure to notice that his chosen wine had been replaced best illustrates

Prior to the twentieth century, psychology was considered to be the study of

You typically fail to consciously perceive that your own nose is in your line of vision. This best illustrates

About one-third of a second before participants in one study decided to move their wrist, their ________ indicated a readiness potential to move.

People at one Swedish supermarket were invited to taste two markedly different jams and then pick their preferred jam to retaste. Fooled by trick jars, they readily explained their jam preference without realizing that they had actually retasted their nonpreferred jam. Their failure to notice anything odd best illustrated

Inattentional blindness is best described as a by-product of

A large amount of our mental activity occurs outside our awareness thanks to our capacity for

The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called

The experience of blindsight in certain people who have suffered brain damage best illustrates the importance of our normal human capacity for

Unconscious information processing is more likely than conscious processing to

Brain activity indicative of conscious awareness is most likely to involve synchronized activity across various regions of the