PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sleep Deprivation, Self-Awareness, Reticular Formation
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Think of drinking a lot and then the day after you realize you weren"t yourself last night. You were you, it was just an altered state of awareness: simultaneously action is global workplace model. Sleep: the sleep-wake cycle, why do we sleep, useless information isn"t needed, it isn"t worth remembering to school, ex. Do you remember counting how many trees you passed on your way. Supresses the functioning of the immune system: not sleep makes immune system weaker making you more susceptible to sickness. 24 hour cycle responding to cycles of light and dark(external input) Your hair grows more when you are awake. If you shave before you sleep, you go longer without growing hair. Medical implications for hair growth improves a better image for themselves. Insomnia is not getting long extensive amount of sleep, you can fall asleep, it means you will just wake up- do not stay asleep: sleepwalking stage 4 does not occur in rem sleep instantaneously.
