PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Modafinil, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Selective Breeding

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 385
• Professor: Hillary Rodman

Document Summary

Reference the do"s and don"ts table from lockley and foster. Don"t use screens before bed, get up out of bed and do low-energy activity to get sleepy. Don"t be pressured by others regarding sleep times - don"t let others tell you your not doing it right. Cognitive restructuring of insomnia-related thinking, plus sleep hygiene training (to track own patterns) An app called shuti - adults can go online and in the privacy of their own home to be interact with automated system for a cheaper amount. Ritterband et al. (2017) clinical trails of shuti: improved sleep latency and efficiency maintained. Runs in families and can be fatal - can be inherited: medical mystery: the family that couldn"t sleep, mutation in a gene that gets made into a prion protein - is an autosomal dominant gene. Protein becomes insoluble and builds up a lot in the thalamus - important in sleep. Insomnia, then weight loss, autonomic symptoms, eventually hallucinations.