PSYC 1030H Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-7, 9, 10: Explicit Memory, Post-Traumatic Amnesia, Anabolic Steroid

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: H.Lehmann

Document Summary

Biological rhythm: a periodic, more or less regular luctuaion in a biological system, may or may not have psychological implicaions. Entrainment: the synchronizaion of biological rhythms with external cues, such as luctuaions in daylight. Endogenous: generated from within rather than by external cues. Circadian rhythm: a biological rhythm with a period (from a peak to peak or trough to trough) of about 24 hours; from the lain circa, about and dies, a day . Suprachiasmaic nucleus: an area of the brain containing a biological clock that govern circadian rhythms. Melatonin: a hormone, secreted by the pineal gland, that is involved in the regulaion of daily biological rhythms. Internal desynchronizaion: a state in which biological rhythms are not in phase (synchronized) with one another. Rapid eye movement: sleep periods characterized by eye movement, loss of muscle tone, and dreaming. Sleep apnea: a disorder in which breathing briely stops during sleep, causing the person to choke and gasp and momentarily awaken.