HLT 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lucid Dream, Allostasis, Circadian Rhythm
9 Oct 2018
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Allostasis refers to adaptively changing the level of some variable. Allostasis refers to substituting one variable for another. Allostasis refers to maintaining a constant level of some variable. Allostasis refers to trying to minimize the level of some variable. Those devices emit the type of light that resets the circadian rhythm. The content of those devices causes dreams to start earlier than usual in the night. The excitement from using those devices increases production of steroid hormones. Those devices emit ultrasonic vibrations that increase heart rate. In one study experts made predictions of u. s. and world politics over the next several years. Those who expressed the greatest confidence in their predictions. Those who expressed the least confidence in their predictions. Those who were the slowest to make their predictions. Those who tried to consider both sides of each question. The speech an infant hears in the first month of life determines the amount of babbling.
