PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sleep Deprivation, 18 Months, Pilot Whale

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Anne Merriwether

Document Summary

You can"t learn to function normally with 1 or 2 fewer hours of sleep a night than you need. Boredom makes you feel sleepy even if you have enough sleep. Resting in bed with your eyes closed cannot satisfy your body"s need for sleep. Snoring is not harmful as long as it doesn"t disturb others or wake you up. The older you get the fewer hours of sleep you need. Most people don"t know when they are sleepy. Raising the volume of your radio will help you stay awake while driving. Sleep disorders are mainly due to worry or psychological problems. The human body never adjusts to night shift work. Rem-rapid eye movement, dream state (paradoxical sleep)-10 min dream sleep-30min. Gnome-mutation at 178, susceptible to ffi and mad cow disease. Sleep as a clock driven process: circadian rhythm (may be driven by ganglion cells in the eyes)