PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hypnagogia, Gesture, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
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Part iii: personality - we are each uniquely. Common phrases associated with sleep and dreams: o o o. These all suggest that dreaming is something simple, and uneventful. It is a huge part of our life, wo why. It is an extremely active period for the brain, but also a very dangerous time. Babies die in their sleep, the elderly, etc. o. Dreams are yours, and can be extremely significant. o o. They hold a mirror up to who you are. Dreams happen in sleep so a good understanding of sleep is needed. Frequency: the number of waveforms that occur in a period of time. Amplitude: the height from lowest to highest point in waveform. They work, rest, living communities, electrical, chemical, magnetic, there are billions and billions of them, a mini universe of them. High capital f and low a = constant buzz. Low f and high a = highs and lows, like coordinated singing o.