PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Snoring, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Somniloquy
25 Mar 2016
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Module 24: consciousness sleep and dreams (pg. Spend approximately 25 years of life asleep. Many commonsense beliefs about sleep are false. Sleep is an innate biological rhythm that never can be entirely ignored. Biological rhythm any repeating cycle of biological activity, such as sleep and waking cycles or changes in body temperature. World record is held by randy gardner who went 264 hours (11 days) without sleep. Most symptoms of sleep deprivation, or sleep loss, are reversed by a single night"s rest. Sleep deprivation being prevented from getting desired or needed amounts of sleep. Associated with a variety of longer-term clinical symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Microsleeps brief shifts in brain-wave patterns to those of sleep. Sleep-deprivation psychosis a major disruption of mental and emotional functioning brought about by sleep loss. Daily sleep and waking periods create a variety of sleep patterns.
