M2L7 M2L8

our subjective awareness of ourselves and environment, awareness of both internal and external stimuli.

• consciousness
• hypnosis
• sleep
• meditation

non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses / includes all sleep stages except for REM sleep

• Consciousness
• Paradoxical sleep
• NREM sleep
• Circadian rhythm

made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors.

• Post-hypnotic suggestion
• amnesia
• Paradoxical sleep
• Hypnosis

focusing on a single target (e.g. breathing) to increase awareness, achieve a sense of peace and tranquility and/or being in the moment.

• Sleep
• Consciousness
• Meditation
• Hypnosis

a periodic, natural loss of consciousness— as distinct from /rather than unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation

• Sleep
• Circadian Rhythm
• Meditation
• Consciousness

life-like hallucinations that occur shortly after falling asleep; usually sensation of falling or floating

• paradoxical sleep
• circadian rhythm
• hypnagogic sensations
• rem sleep

rapid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur

• Paradoxical sleep
• Sleep
• REM sleep
• Hypnagogic sensations

experience sleep spindles and K complexes

• NREM 1
• NREM 3
• REM sleep
• NREM 2

biological rhythm that requires about 24 hours to complete a full cycle.

• Consciousness
• Circadian rhythm
• Sleep
• Rem sleep

the use of relaxation to achieve an altered state of consciousness in which an individual is more likely to respond to suggestions that alter perceptions and thoughts.

• Meditation
• Sleep
• Consciousness
• Hypnosis