Sleep Hygiene
Nighttime
Walk and perform activities while asleep
Somnambulism / Sleepwalking
Stage of sleep where one experiences rapid eye movemtns and reoccuring, vivid dreams.
REM Sleep (Rapid Eye Movement)
The dream theory that we dream to satisfy our subconscious desires that would be unacceptable in society. Contains latent and manifest content.
Freudian Dream Theory
Occurs when an individual fails to get the amount of sleep that they need
Sleep Deprivation
Blue light (artificial)
Episodes of screaming, intense fear, and flailing while still asleep, mainly experienced by children
Night terror
Stage of sleep with 3 phases, brain activity, breathing, and heart rate slow down, body temperature drops, muscles relax, and eye movements stop
Non REM
theory that proposes that dreaming is a way for our brain to be stimulated periodically and expand neural pathways
Physiological function
Recommended amount of sleep for teens
8-10 hours
The length of time you should be screenless before bed
at least one hour
Persistent problems falling asleep or staying aslep
Insomnia
Antest that measures electrical activity in the brain using small, metal discs (electrodes) attached to the scalp
electroencephalogram (EEG)
Theory that argues that dreams are the brain's attempt to synthesize random neural acidity from neural activation spreading randomly at night
Activation Synthesis
7-9 hours
the amount of time you should not eat for before bed
at least two hours
short-lived ¨sleep attacks¨, displayed as numbness or a seizure
Narcolepsy
Physical, mental, and behavioral changes an organism experiences over a 24-hour cycle
Circadian Rythym
Theory that says that dreaming may help sift, sort, or fix the experiences of our day in our memories, since there is a link between REM sleep and memory
Information Processing
The fraction of their life the average person spends sleeping
1/3
Amount of time you should leave between exercise and bed
at least two or three hoursaam
Temporary stopping of breathing during sleep
Sleep Apnea
The part of the brain involved in our behavioural and emotional responses. Supports emotional processes to help us regulate the emotional events that we encounter during daily life during REM sleep.
Limbic System
theory that suggests dreaming goes hand in hand with brain maturation and that dreams overlap with our waking cognition; we simulate reality by using concepts and knowledge we experience. It can be described as ¨intensified mind wandering enhanced by visual imagery¨
Cognitive Development Theory
The animal that sleeps the most (20-22 hours each day)
Koala