Orin Is Interested in Learning How the Body Knows When

question 124

Multiple Choice

Orin is interested in learning how the body knows when it's supposed to sleep. He finds that most of his body's biological rhythms are regulated by the

• A)reticular formation.
• B)thalamus.
• C)suprachiasmatic nuclei.
• D)pons.
• E)pituitary gland.

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Definitions:

Consciousness

The condition in which an individual is conscious of and can contemplate their own being, feelings, ideas, environment, and life events.

Cocktail Party Effect

The brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a person can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Inattentional Blindness

A cognitive phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, due to their focus being engaged on another task or aspect of the environment.

Dual Processing

The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks in the mind.