CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Slow-Wave Sleep, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
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2/27 review exam #2 chapter 4 - 6. : minimum intensity necessary to detect a stimulus 50% of the time. : gradual decline in response with repeated stimulation. Detecting a stimulus is jointly determined by: : detecting a stimulus that"s not really there. : layer of sensitive nerve cells at the back of the eye. : in periphery of retina, very sensitive, contribute to night vision. : in center of retina, less sensitive, contribute to day and color vision. Through the cornea > focused by the lens onto the retina > retina sends information along the optic nerve to the thalamus > routed to visual cortex in the occipital lobe. How varied a group of waves are. Stage 3 & 4 (transition into sleep): theta waves. : peculiar eeg features called sleep spindles (bursts of ) and k complexes (slow wave sleep): increased delta waves.