BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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Altered State of Consciousness
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Waking Consciousness
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Hypnosis
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Narcolepsy
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Detailed explanation-1: -During an ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, changes occur in the quality and pattern of mental activity. Typically, there are distinct shifts in our perceptions, emotions, memories, time sense, thoughts, feelings of self-control, and suggestibility.
Detailed explanation-2: -Consciousness can be defined as the awareness of our own thoughts, feelings and perceptions (internal events) and our surroundings (external stimuli) at any given moment.
Detailed explanation-3: -An altered state of consciousness is a change in one’s normal mental state as a result of trauma or accident or induced through meditation, drugs, some foods, etc. [1] The person is not unconscious.
Detailed explanation-4: -Over the years, researchers have proposed that hypnosis is a mental state characterized by reduced peripheral awareness and increased focus on a singular stimulus, which results in an enhanced susceptibility to suggestion (Kihlstrom, 2003).