PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Neuroimaging, Caffeine, Nucleus Accumbens
27 Jun 2018
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Sleep theories
1. adaptive theory: sleeping serves a protection function
2. growth. Sleep helps you grow; growth hormone is secreted
during deep sleep. Children sleep more than adults
3. restorative theory: sleep allows for recovery from use during da.
Sleep deprivation compromises immune function
4. memory: storing memories from the day’s event
5. feeds creative thinking
lucid dreams: we are aware we are dreaming and may test to see if this
is true. Occurs in REM
information processing: help sort out day’s events ad store memories.
Awakened during REM (but not non-REM) sleep blocks performance of
learned tasks.
activation synthesis: brainstem activates areas of the cortex and limbic
system. Triggers random sensation and emotion. Brain tries to make
sense of these so a story.
Circadian rhythm: patters of sleep and wake cycles that in human
beings roughly corresponds to periods of daylight and night.
sleep disorders
1.insomnia
most common difficulty to sleep or staying awake
2.sleep apnea. Second most common. Repeatedly stops breathing
during the night. Possible to have hundreds of attacks per night.
3. narcolepsy: excessive daytime sleepiness. Suddenly fall into fem
sleep during the day
4. night terrors: sleep stages 3 and 4 being scared in your sleep enough
to wake up.
Module 32 hypnosis
Hypnosis: altered state of consciousness with heightened suggestibility,
deep relaxation and intense focus. Which individuals can be directed to
act experience the world in unusual ways.
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Document Summary
Sleep theories: adaptive theory: sleeping serves a protection function. Sleep helps you grow; growth hormone is secreted during deep sleep. Children sleep more than adults: restorative theory: sleep allows for recovery from use during da. Sleep deprivation compromises immune function: memory: storing memories from the day"s event, feeds creative thinking lucid dreams: we are aware we are dreaming and may test to see if this is true. Occurs in rem information processing: help sort out day"s events ad store memories. Awakened during rem (but not non-rem) sleep blocks performance of learned tasks. activation synthesis: brainstem activates areas of the cortex and limbic system. Brain tries to make sense of these so a story. Circadian rhythm: patters of sleep and wake cycles that in human beings roughly corresponds to periods of daylight and night. sleep disorders. 1. insomnia most common difficulty to sleep or staying awake. Possible to have hundreds of attacks per night: narcolepsy: excessive daytime sleepiness.
