PSYC 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Menstruation, Multiple Sleep Latency Test, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
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Repair effects of daily wear and tear. Growth hormone release from pituitary gland at onset of n3 (increase cellular division, rna synthesis) Rem protein synthesis, amount of rem increases after learning has taken place, and n3 in neocortex. Declarative/explicit memory conscious recall, sematic + episodic. Non declarative/implicit memory unconscious recall = rem needed. The brain rehearses newly learned info in sws. Caloric use: use less calories when sleep, less food required overall, awake when food for type of species is most available. Small animals sleep longer with shorter nrem-rem cycles. Large animals sleep less, longer nrem-rem cycles. All reptiles and birds exhibit n3, rem, but different species. Length of sleep per nychthemeron (consecutive 24 hours) Birds: less rem than mammals, except predator birds. Owls, moles, opossums no eye movements. Dogs, wolves, rabbits and birds rem paralysis. Reptiles, tortoise & turtles high amplitude spikes during sleep. Asynchronous brain sleeping or hold breath and sleep for 30 min.
