Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sleep Paralysis, Circadian Rhythm, Delta Wave

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Atkinson

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What is it that causes the sleep paralysis: it is perfectly normal when we go to sleep, we shut consciousness. Monophase sleep, biphase sleep, polyphase : sleep cycle: each of this cycle has its own off our movement when we wake up, we just cannot wake them up as early as our. Dr is looking at the eeg tracing, which is dominated by delta waves most likely this is benefits, you gonna do it if it works for you, but it has to be consistent. stage 4 sleep. Stage 3 is the start of delta, while stage 4 is dominated by delta. Sleep disorders: about 15% of adults complain about it. Insomnia: most common, difficulty in getting to sleep or staying asleep. For some: expectations fall shorts, sleeps 5 hours but expect 8 hours like other people. Chronic insomnia: possibly circadian rhythm problem (do not take sleeping pills)