PSYC 191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sleep Deprivation, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Adenosine
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Behavioral adaptation: at night, we are less productive, higher chance of injury at night, some diurnal species are less safe at night if awake, so sleep is an adaptive nonresponding so that we can hide better, weakness: Why can"t we just lay down and have atonia. Also doesn"t explain the stages and changes throughout. Energy conservation night: may explain why we must sleep rather than just rest- sleep induces a state of lower energy use that is not compatible with conscious thought, explains hibernation and topor and sws, weakness.
