PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pineal Gland, Fatal Familial Insomnia, Microsleep

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Awareness of everything around you and inside of your own head at any given moment a. i. a. ii. Used to organize your behavior, thoughts, sensations, and feelings. Generated from a set of action potentials b. Shifts in the quality or pattern of mental activity a. i. 1. a. a. i. 1. b. a. i. 1. c. a. i. 1. d. a. i. 1. e. a. i. 1. f. Suprachiasmatic nucleus (scn) of the hypothalamus, pineal gland, and melatonin a. i. 1. a. When it gets dark : the scn triggers the secretion of melatonin from the pineal gland a. i. 1. b. When it gets light: the scn stops the secretion of melatonin a. ii. The higher the temperature the more alert we are. The lower the temperature the sleepier we are a. i. 2. As it builds up we become more sleepy. Brief periods of sleep that last only a few seconds a. i. 2. Missing 1 single night of sleep a. i. 1. a. a. i. 1. b. a. i. 1. a. i. a. i. 1. a. ii. a. i. 1. a. iii. a. i. 1. a. iv. a. i. 1. a. v. a. i. 1. a. vi. a. i. 1. a. vii. a. i. 1. a. viii. Missing multiple days of sleep (no sleep or reduced levels)

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