1. Xmas Exam 6 Dec 2:00 pm Gym Rows 2-28 (even rows only) 50 multiple-choice (50%) Chapters 1, 3-7 2/3 essays (50 %) SQ: #1-29 (with exception of #13)

2. Consciousness- Philosophy Mind- Body problem Dualism vs. Materialism ( monism ) Cartesian dualism Popular dualism Property dualism epiphenomenalism interactionist property - emergent

3. Phil. 2 Materialism Behaviorism Reductive materialism- Functionalism ( Dennett, 1991 ) Problems ( Pinker, 1997 ) : Sentience--Qualia Information processing Self-knowledge

4. Consciousness, Brain and Evolution 1. Language and communication 2. Left hemisphere 3. “Mirror Test” 4. Adaptation for cooperation 5. Thinking, planning, flexibility 6. Theory of mind (TOM)

5. Consciousness - Neuropsychology Awareness: self + world Blindsight (Weiskrantz, 1986) Sensory neglect - parietal lobe; Balint’s syndrome Selective Attention Agnosia (inability to identify stimuli): Cortex » Wernicke’s area

6. Visual cortex

7. Retina Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere

8. Consciousness & Hypnosis State of Awareness Mesmer (1815) » Mesmerism Ponzo illusion

9. Hilgard (1977) - Dissociation “Hidden Observer” Dissociative Reactions: Multiple Personality Traumatic Amnesia - Fugue

10. Hilgard (1978): Hidden Observer There are aspects of what is going on when you are deeply engrossed in hypnotic experiences that are unknown to you, but part of you is still registering what is happening. When I place my hand on your shoulder I will be in communication with this hidden part, and we can talk together; but the hypnotized part of you will not know…