Rhythm & Waves
This is what we call our brain waves when we are focused and performing regular daily activities.
What are waking beta waves?
We tend to be angrier, depressed more, perform worse, gain weight, experience more stress, and hurt our immune system when we are lacking this.
What is SLEEEEEP?
This aspect of light waves determines the color that you see.
What is wavelength?
This refers to the minimum stimulus required to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
This actor was well known for being the voice of both Mufasa and Darth Vader and was also a graduate from the University of Michigan.
Who is James Earl Jones?
It is during this stage that we often experience hypnagogic sensations.
What is Nrem - 1?
This sleep disorder can cause people to randomly fall asleep.
What is narcolepsy?
This part of the eye is a muscle that surrounds the pupil.
What is the iris?
This is the name for the 3 bones in our middle ear.
What is the ossicles?
This is the title of the book Mr. Meyaard strongly recommended about sleep.
What is "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker?
Later into our night of sleep we spend more and more time in this stage.
What is REM sleep?
Persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep is referred to as this.
What is insomnia?
These two types of photoreceptors are located in your retina, the area specifically important for transduction.
What are rods & cones?
This is the place where transduction occurs in the ear.
What is the cochlea? (Hair cells on the basilar membrane)
This is the exact amount of sleep Mr. Meyaard got last night. (within 10 minutes)
What is ____________?
During Nrem - 2, we experience these sudden burst of brain activity that are associated with memory. We call them this.
What are sleep spindles?
8 in 10 dreams tend to be this.
What is negative?
This color theory states that we have cones that respond preferentially, not exclusively, for red, green, and blue
What is the trichromatic theory (Young - Helmholtz) of color?
This theory refers to the idea that our spinal cord contains a neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain
What is the gate - control theory?
There are nine countries that begin with the letter "L". You have 30 seconds to name 5 of the 9.
What are Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Luxembourg
What is Nrem - 3?
This theory of dreams states that dreams sift, sort, and interpret gathered information from the day and set it into memory.
What is the information processing theory?
What is accommodation?
What is sensory adaptation?
These 4 NFL teams have never played in a Super Bowl.
Who are the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars?