COGSCI 180 MIDTERM 2026/2027
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
Autoscopic phenomena - correct answer-experience in which
an individual perceives their body from a position outside of
their own body or perceives their surroundings from a different
perspective
- out-of-body experience (OBE), autoscopic hallucination (AH),
heautoscopy (HAS)
Out-of-body experience (OBE) - correct answer-- person
experiences leaving their physical body and seeing it from an
outside perspective
- gives a strong sense of dualism of body and mind: one's
center of awareness, which is usually anchored in the body,
seems to float free of it
- causes: dreaming, near-death experience, traumatic brain
injuries, psychedelic drugs
- induction: chemical (hallucinogens), mental (astral projection),
mechanical (electrical stimulation of the brain)
,Autoscopic hallucination (AH) - correct answer-- person
experiences seeing a double of themselves in extra personal
space without the experience of leaving their body
- individual perceives world from usual visuo-spatial perspective
Heautoscopy (HAS) - correct answer-- person experiences
seeing double of themselves, but it is difficult for them to decide
whether the self is localized within the physical body or in the
autoscopic body
- individual may report seeing in an alternating or simultaneous
fashion from visuo-spatial perspectives
- doppelgänger effect: person perceives and interacts with a
duplicate of their own body
- causes: schizophrenia, epilepsy, damage to the left posterior
insula
Astral projection vs lucid dreaming - correct answer-differences:
- lucid dreaming: becoming aware that you are dreaming while
you are dreaming
- astral projection: moving from waking state to dream state
without loss of consciousness
- astral projection may take place on planes that are closer to
the material realm than those of lucid dreaming
, Lucid dream induction techniques - correct answer-- practice
dream recall
- keep a dream diary
- recognize your most frequent or characteristic dreamsigns
- get ample sleep
- napping
- test different sleeping positions
- practice reality testing
- use autosuggestion/dream inoculation
- strengthen desire/intention
Lucid dreaming neurological correlates - correct answer--
prefrontal and parietal regions are involved
Brain regions associated with our sense of being a self with a
continuous story: - correct answer-hippocampus and entorhinal
cortex
Brain region associated with our sense of what constitutes our
body and what doesn't - correct answer-right superior parietal
lobe
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
Autoscopic phenomena - correct answer-experience in which
an individual perceives their body from a position outside of
their own body or perceives their surroundings from a different
perspective
- out-of-body experience (OBE), autoscopic hallucination (AH),
heautoscopy (HAS)
Out-of-body experience (OBE) - correct answer-- person
experiences leaving their physical body and seeing it from an
outside perspective
- gives a strong sense of dualism of body and mind: one's
center of awareness, which is usually anchored in the body,
seems to float free of it
- causes: dreaming, near-death experience, traumatic brain
injuries, psychedelic drugs
- induction: chemical (hallucinogens), mental (astral projection),
mechanical (electrical stimulation of the brain)
,Autoscopic hallucination (AH) - correct answer-- person
experiences seeing a double of themselves in extra personal
space without the experience of leaving their body
- individual perceives world from usual visuo-spatial perspective
Heautoscopy (HAS) - correct answer-- person experiences
seeing double of themselves, but it is difficult for them to decide
whether the self is localized within the physical body or in the
autoscopic body
- individual may report seeing in an alternating or simultaneous
fashion from visuo-spatial perspectives
- doppelgänger effect: person perceives and interacts with a
duplicate of their own body
- causes: schizophrenia, epilepsy, damage to the left posterior
insula
Astral projection vs lucid dreaming - correct answer-differences:
- lucid dreaming: becoming aware that you are dreaming while
you are dreaming
- astral projection: moving from waking state to dream state
without loss of consciousness
- astral projection may take place on planes that are closer to
the material realm than those of lucid dreaming
, Lucid dream induction techniques - correct answer-- practice
dream recall
- keep a dream diary
- recognize your most frequent or characteristic dreamsigns
- get ample sleep
- napping
- test different sleeping positions
- practice reality testing
- use autosuggestion/dream inoculation
- strengthen desire/intention
Lucid dreaming neurological correlates - correct answer--
prefrontal and parietal regions are involved
Brain regions associated with our sense of being a self with a
continuous story: - correct answer-hippocampus and entorhinal
cortex
Brain region associated with our sense of what constitutes our
body and what doesn't - correct answer-right superior parietal
lobe
