altered consciousness

  • 11Altered States — Infobox Film name = Altered States caption = Theatrical release poster director = Ken Russell producer = Howard Gottfried writer = Paddy Chayefsky (as Sidney Aaron) starring = William Hurt Blair Brown Bob Balaban Charles Haid Thaao Penghlis… …

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  • 12consciousness — con|scious|ness W3 [ˈkɔnʃəsnıs US ˈka:n ] n 1.) [U] the condition of being awake and able to understand what is happening around you ▪ David lost consciousness (=went into a deep sleep) at eight o clock and died a few hours later. ▪ She could… …

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  • 13Altered Carbon — Infobox Book | name = Altered Carbon title orig = translator = image caption = author = Richard K. Morgan illustrator = cover artist = country = Great Britain language = English series = Takeshi Kovacs subject = genre = Science fiction novel… …

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  • 14consciousness — The state of being aware, or perceiving physical facts or mental concepts; a state of general wakefulness and responsiveness to environment; a functioning sensorium. [L. con scio, to know, to be aware of] clouding of c. a state in which the… …

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  • 15altered state of consciousness — any modification of the normal state of consciousness or awareness, including drowsiness or sleep and also states created by the use of alcohol, drugs, hypnosis, or techniques of meditation. [1970 75] * * * …

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  • 16altered — adj. Altered is used with these nouns: ↑consciousness, ↑perception, ↑state …

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  • 17Shamanic State of Consciousness —    Michael Harner’s preferred term for the altered state of consciousness induced by shamans, to distinguish shamanic activity (control over the experience, journeying to nonordinary reality, engaging with animal helpers) from other altered… …

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  • 18Level of consciousness — (LOC) is a measurement of a person s arousability and responsiveness to stimuli from the environment.cite book |author=Kandel ER, Jessell, Thomas M.; Schwartz, James H. |title=Principles of neural science |publisher=McGraw Hill |location=New York …

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  • 19Artificial consciousness — (AC), also known as machine consciousness (MC) or synthetic consciousness, is a field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics whose aim is to define that which would have to be synthesized were consciousness to be found in an… …

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  • 20Neural correlates of consciousness — The Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness (NCC) constitute the smallest set of neural events and structures sufficient for a given conscious percept or explicit memory. This case involves synchronized action potentials in neocortical pyramidal… …

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