PSYC 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Methamphetamine, Sleepwalking, Liver Disease
5 Feb 2015
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On completion of this chapter, students should be able to. 5. 1 explain the role of the circadian rhythm and how our bodies react to a disruption in our biological clocks (text p. 175); The circadian rhythm is a cahnge that occurs on a roughly 24-hour basis in many of our biological process, including hormone release, brain waves, body temperature, and drowsiness. (biological clock). Usually when deprived of sleep, often show signs of depression, difficualties in learning new informatuon, paying attention, and slowed reaction times. 5. 2 identify the different stages of sleep and the neural activity and dreaming behaviours that occur in each (text p. 176); Stage 1- light sleep, lasts 5- 10 minuts, our brain activity powers down by 50% or more, producing theta waves, which occur 6-7 times per second. These waves are slower than beta waves of 13 or more times per second produced during active alert states and the alpha waves of.
