PSY 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lucid Dream, Stephen Laberge, Hypnagogia
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Sleep measured with wavelengths: has different stages of sleep. Stage 1: beginning to lose consciousness (alpha waves) Stage 2: sleep spindles and k-complexes: regular waved but then there is a spike, you are asleep by stage 2. *a good night sleep is going through the entire cycle and gradually go back (stage 1-stage 4 and then back from stage 1 to stage 4) Rem sleep (rapid eye movement: experience muscle paralysis (they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:373)o(cid:448)e their (cid:271)odies, dreams occur, paradoxical sleep (cid:455)our (cid:271)od(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:373)o(cid:448)e (cid:271)ut (cid:455)our (cid:271)rai(cid:374) is highl(cid:455) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e. Sleep disorders: sleep apnea difficulty with breathing during sleep, common amongst overweight men. Benefits of sleep: restores the body (can restore psychological health, energy conservation, memory consolidation. Research on video game performance is improved after a good night of sleep (youtube- dream. Theories of dreams: freud"s ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hoa(cid:374)al(cid:455)ti(cid:272) theor(cid:455, repressed urges. Extra credit: listen to radio-la(cid:271) (cid:862)(cid:449)ake up a(cid:374)d drea(cid:373)(cid:863)
