Sleep consciousness Flashcards
(20 cards)
A series or a phase between conscious and subconscious
Sleep
Built in biological clock which regulates our sleep patterns
Circadian Rhythm
When eye receives light there is no melatonin production when we stop sensing light our body produces more melatonin
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Light sleep transitional phase between waking and sleeping
Non REM 1
Beta to alpha waves
Non R.E.M. 1
Twitching or falling feelings that you have before you have completely fallen asleep
Hypnogogic Sensation
Transition between light and deep sleep
20 min intervals
Non R.E.M. 2
Short bursts of brain activity
Sleep spindles
Deep sleep 30 min intervals
Non R.E.M. 3
Rapid brain activity similar to NREM 10 min average intervals
“R.E.M. Sleep”
Heart rate and breathing exculpatory dreaming
Paradoxoxical sleep
Why do you sleep
Communal sleeping, sleeping at the same time
Evolutionary survival
Why do we sleep
Immune system, repair brain tissues, balance body and brain chemistry
Recuperation
Why do we sleep
Activates hippocampus
Memory Consolidation
R.E.M.
Why do we sleep
More alert improve brain activity
Increases creativity
Why do we sleep
Muscle performance and muscle memory
Increases physical stamina
False beliefs seem logical or real
Delusional
Seeing or hearing things that are not there
Hallucinations
Build up of stress or horemones
Memory loss
Can reduce our ability for tea all info decline in immune system
Cortisol
