States of Consciousness

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Across
  1. 2. “Below” your conscious awareness (ex. Blinking)
  2. 6. Stage of sleep characterized by darting movements of the eyes under closed eyelids
  3. 7. A drug category for substances that increase overall levels of neural activity
  4. 9. One dream theory suggesting that dreams have no meaning because they are just our brain interpreting random neural signals
  5. 10. Produces melatonin when it gets dark to promote sleep
Down
  1. 1. One dream theory suggesting that dreams are an evolutionary adaptation to rehearse our threat response
  2. 3. Lack of awareness and general cognitive difficulty that occurs right after waking up
  3. 4. A drug category for substances that decrease overall levels of neural activity
  4. 5. Unconscious processing of visual stimuli through secondary visual pathways
  5. 8. Sleep disorder in which the person cannot resist falling asleep at inopportune times