[PSY 0010] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (105 pages long!)
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It is very difficult to wake someone up during the nrem-3 stage: sleepwalking occurs during the nrem-3 stage f. i. Sleepwalking is more common in children than adults f. ii. There does seem to be a genetic component to sleepwalking f. iii. There are a lot of myths about sleepwalking f. iii. 1. It is not dangerous to wake someone up while they are sleepwalking f. iii. 2. However, it is dangerous to let someone walk around when they are sleepwalking f. iii. 3. The best course of action is to just guide a sleepwalker back to their bed f. iv. Sleep talking can happen at any time during the night: rem sleep, the brain stem blocks movement signals from the motor cortex during rem sleep a. i. This stops us from moving while we are dreaming a. ii. However, we can still talk while we dream: this is the stage of sleep in which we dream, during rem sleep, breathing becomes rapid and irregular and the hear rate rises d.
