PSY 4327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: 8 Seconds, Xerostomia, Prone Position

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4327
• Professor: Kathleen Biard

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Lecture 2a: variations in sleep and biological rhythms. Hartman: studied people switching from ss to ls depending on stress level present, lots of stress= ls, less stress= ss (like normal but exaggerated) Stuss and broughton: partially supported hartman"s findings. Aeschbach et al: ss more tolerant to sleep deprivation than ls. Kripke et al: ss and ls are more at risk of dying younger than normal. Sleep duration and life expectancy (kripke et al. ) (picture) 3 aspects of sleepiness (measurements: introspective, measured with scales such as, the epworth sleepiness scale, the stanford sleepiness scale. Psy4327 sleep and dreams: midterm 1: analog scale, physiological, the multiple sleep latency test (mslt, manifest, maintenance of wakefulness test (mwt, psychomotor vigilance task. Subjective sleepiness: stanford sleepiness scale, choose one of the following to describe your current state, 1. Feeling active and vital, alert, wide awake: 2. Functioning at a high level but not a peak, able to concentrate: 3.