The falling asleep stage is a state between sleeping and waking, known as the first stage of sleep, which relaxes both the body and the mind of the person to allow the person to transition into the most restful sleep possible. During the falling asleep stage, the sleeper still reacts to external stimuli and thus … Falling Asleep Phase: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
The psyche lies in the realm of the invisible, intangible. It is the immaterial core of the individual. It influences what the person feels and can imagine. It is a biomagnetic energy field and is superior to the material body. What is the psyche? The psyche controls the mental and inner life of man, influences … Psyche: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Declarative memory is a part of long-term memory. It is the knowledge memory that consists of semantic memory contents about the world and episodic memory contents about one’s own life. Amnesias may be limited to semantic or episodic content only, depending on the localization. What is declarative memory? Declarative memory is a part of long-term … Declarative Memory: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Perception is known as the steps of perception including the content of perception. Perception thus includes unconscious processes such as the filtering and evaluation of stimuli and conscious processes such as the classification and interpretation of perception. Perceptual disorders can have psychological or physical causes. What is perception? Perception is known as the steps of … Perception: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Instincts or drives are innate driving bases for certain behaviors. Instinctual behavior occurs outside of mental control and is embedded in the central nervous system via reflexes, for example. In humans, the innate order of instincts is subordinate to the social order. What are the instincts? Instinctual behavior takes place outside of mental control and … Instincts and Drives: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Body schema is the awareness of one’s own body, including its body-surface demarcation from the environment. The concept is present from birth and thus presumably genetic, but does not fully form until after puberty. In addition to perceptual stimuli, language development contributes to its formation. What is the body schema? The body schema is the … Body Diagram: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
The term visceroception includes all sensory body systems that perceive the state and activity of internal organs, such as the digestive system and cardiopulmonary circulation. The various sensors report their perceptions mostly through afferent pathways of the autonomic nervous system to the brain, which processes the messages further. Most messages proceed unconsciously, so that after … Visceral Perception: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Throughout life, humans inevitably go through an uncountable amount of events and experiences. The memory of these experiences is what makes a person and shapes him or her in later life. Thus, remembering is significantly involved in developments and changes – consciously or subconsciously. What is remembering? The memory of diverse experiences makes up a … Remembering: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Sensation is a preliminary stage of perception and corresponds to the primary sensory impression by the neuroanatomical sense organs. All the processing processes, such as mainly the emotional evaluation of the sensory impression, turn sensation into perception in the brain. What is sensation? At the beginning of perception is sensation or sensory perception. The sense … Sensation: Function, Task & Diseases
Many top athletic performances are characterized by exceptional balance ability. On the other hand, disorders can significantly affect quality of life. What is the ability to balance? The ability to maintain the body in a state of equilibrium or to return to it after a change is called balance ability. The ability to keep the … Balance Ability: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Any psychologist would confirm that the subconscious plays an important role in major decisions. This insight is not new to most people, because almost everyone knows the somewhat indefinable “gut feeling”, that intuition that is often felt when it comes to important decisions. In the meantime, it has been scientifically proven: Careful consideration is not … The Subconscious Mind: How does it Influence Our Decisions?
Simply put, cognition is the human ability to think. However, this process makes use of various information processing processes, including cognitive abilities such as attention, learning ability, perception, remembering, orientation, creativity, imagination and the like, besides mental processes such as opinions, thoughts, intentions or desires. Emotions have an important influence on thinking. Perception and conception … Cognition: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
