PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Debt, International Sleep Products Association

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Changes memories from hippocampus to cortex, you recall things better: sleep feeds creative thinking ex. Sleep cycles short wave sleep occurs in first half of sleep, produces human growth hormone. Nrem and rem sleep that occur in last part of sleep aid in strengthening neural connections/memories. Maas and robbins: optimal exercise time is late afternoon/early evening. Dement: brain keeps a count of sleep debt for 2 weeks. Sleep commands 25 years of life (1/3) Sleep loss is a predictor of depression, those who slept 5 hours or less had. 71% higher risk of depression than those who slept 8 hours: parentally enforced bedtimes predict less depression, later school times leads to improved sleep, alertness and mood. Dement: consequences of sleep deprivation: difficulty studying, diminished productivity, irritability, fatigue. People who sleep less are fatter than average. Sleep affects physical health helps combat infections, deprivation: those who sleep 7-8 hours/night outlive those who are sleep suppresses immune cells deprived.