Stages & rhythms
Rapid eye movement sleep
What is REM sleep?
In primal times, those who didn't wander during the night and slept were safer.
What is sleep protects?
Doing normal activities while asleep
What is Sleepwalking?
The theory that dreams help us sort out the days events and consolidate our memories.
What is information proccessing?
An internal biological clock to help our bodies roughly synchronize with the 24-hour day
What is Circadian Rhythm?
Sleep gives your body and brain a chance to repair, rewire, and reorganize.
What is sleep helps us recuperate?
Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
What is Insomnia?
The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
What is REM rebound?
The large slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
What is Delta Waves?
Sleep reactivates recent experiences stored in the hippocampus and shifts them for permanent storage elsewhere in the cortex.
What is sleep helps restore and rebuild our fading memories of the day's experience?
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings
What is sleep apnea?
According to Freud, the symbolic, remembered story line of a dream
What is Manifest Content?
The sleep stage in which you cognitively experience a story-like dream
What is sleep stage N1?
Dreams can inspire noteworthy artistic and scientific achievements.
What is sleep feeds creative thinking?
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks
What is Narcolepsy?
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream.
What is latent content?
Pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls the circadian rhythm
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
During slow-wave sleep, the pituitary gland releases a human growth hormone that is necessary for muscle development.
What is sleep supports growth?
Occurs during N3 sleep and characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified
What is night terrors?
This theory says that dreams provide a "psychic safety valve"- expressing otherwise unacceptable feelings
What is Freud's wish fufillment?