PSY 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Insomnia, Shift Work, Asthma
10 May 2016
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Psychology in the room: south american psychology student conference. Differences between american, euro to south american. Problems they deal with are massive poverty, income disparity, starvation. Psychology is heavily involved in politics, become a political field, whereas in the us its just the science behind it. Us science is theorietical, yet trying to make a difference, but this tension use to exist in the united. Studies show that some people can create a hypnotized sense. Sleep: don"t really know what its for, do know if you don"t sleep, you die, sleep is distortive, get rid of toxins, digest food faster, lower blood pressure, grow during sleep, it"s a critical time. All animals with at least two cells sleep, everyone does it: sleep can be broken up into different stages. Cap over your head that monitors the activity of the brain. Wave length of brain is much shorter during the day. Different patterns are associated with different levels of sleep.
