Cannabis, consciousness and the imagination

Examining the affect of smoking cannabis on driving.

Cannabis and consciousness

A look at an experiment that compares physiological and mental affects of cannabis.

How cannabis affects your body

Experimenting with simulators

A discussion of the concept of imagination

What is imagination?

The psychological processes behind your imagination.

Understanding imagination

Creative thinking

How does the imagination use linking processes?

Linking processes in the brain

What is consciousness?

The difficulties of trying to describe consciousness.

Explaining consciousness

We know drunk-driving causes death on the roads, but how does taking drugs like cannabis affect your driving skills? This album offers a chance to see how psychologists perform experiments which measure how much cannabis distorts a normal state of consciousness. Tracks 5-8 explore human inventiveness, pointing out that nothing in the world could have been made without the human capacity for imagination. Evolutionary anthropologists use the example of tool-making, showing that humans started to develop this brain capacity 50,000 years ago. Scientists can demonstrate that musicians and artists use an unusual amount of imagination for their creativity; and, lastly, the audio tracks 9-11 look at the complex topic of human consciousness. This material forms part of The Open University course DSE212 Exploring Psychology.

Can consciousness ever be described and explained in scientific terms?

Can science explain consciousness?

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