Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Circadian Rhythm, Thermoregulation, Narcolepsy

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

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Next time: learning - finish chapter 6 and page 236-243. Sleep disorders: about 15% of adults complain. Insomnia: most common, di culty in getting to sleep or staying asleep, for some -> expectations fall short, sleep 5 hours, but expect 8 hours like other people, situational insomnia. Possibly circadian rhythm problem: thermoregulation problem. Activation remains high and normal sleep cycle fails to develop. Sleep apnea: interruption in breathing during sleep, normal but people with disorder do not start breathing again unless they wake up, severe. May stop about 1 minute, hundreds of times in the night: cause obstruction of air passage, abnormal brain function. Narcolepsy: a ects 2-8, person suddenly falls asleep at odd times, muscle weakness, begins with rem, causes. Parasomnia: various sleep related problems, sleepwalking. Sleep walking: 15% of children and adolescents, rare in adults, many waking actions performed out of awareness, occurs in stage 4.