PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 78: Fixed Action Pattern, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Sleep Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: James Check

Document Summary

Though this term implies stereotyped that the behavior itself is invariable, and though this seems generally true, some variability in the performance of faps does exist. Example of reaction chain that is produced when the female. Rem sleep may also playa part in the storage of complex associative information. Cell groups active during rem sleep include the sublateralodorsal nucleus (sld), the precoeruleus region (pc), and the medial sublateralodorsal peribrachial nucleus. Cells in these regions secrete several different nucleus (sld)/ precoeruleus region (pc)/ medial peribrachial nucleus neurotransmitters, some of which are inhibitory, while others are excitatory. If cells within the peribrachial area are destroyed, rem sleep is greatly reduced. these cells are highly active during rem sleep. Successive ambivalent behavior involves the alternation of successive ambivalent behavior incomplete responses representing the two motivational states. For example, a male stickleback may alternate between attack and.