PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sleep Paralysis, Wish Fulfillment, Neural Development

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Physiological hr slows, breathing more irregular, muscles relax (jerks), senses shut down. Neurological electrical voltage increases w/ more diffuse firings throughout brain. Psychological awareness of environment and time slips away, control of thought and imagery decreases. Hypnagogic hallucinations brief, weird, unusual experiences before nodding off, surprising, movement, red as dominant colour, falling/stepping into space (common) Rem sleep & dreams: dreams occurred during periods of wild brain activity & rapid eye movement (cid:862) leep paral(cid:455)sis(cid:863)- (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:271)rai(cid:374)ste(cid:373) (cid:271)lo(cid:272)ks (cid:373)otor (cid:272)orte(cid:454)"s (cid:373)essages & the (cid:373)us(cid:272)les do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)o(cid:448)e. Sometimes known as (cid:862)parado(cid:454)ical sleep(cid:863) brain active but body immobile (genitals aroused & stay this way after rem is over) Ras becomes active prior to & during rem (excite motor neurons of eye) Serotonin & norepinephrine levels drop & acetylcholine increases (acl stimulates diffuse areas of brain in unpredictable manner) Experienced as real (abc"s a(cid:374)d all se(cid:374)ses(cid:895) Usually mundane, everyday content (50% of content easily linked to recent experiences)