A substance that initiates psychological response when in the receptor.
What is an agonist
Another name for REM sleep.
What is paradoxical sleep?
Causes cataplexy(loss of muscle control) and occasionally uncontrollable sleep attacks(falling asleep).
What is narcolepsy?
The actual literal content and storyline of the dream and parts of Freud's wish fulfillment theory.
What is manifest content?
A substance that blocks psychological response when in the receptor.
What is an antagonist
A natural oscillation (movement back and forth at a constant speed) that repeats roughly every 24 hours. Also called our inner clock.
What is the circadian rhythm (Controlled by light and darkness and the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus)
Recurring failure to fall asleep or remain asleep.
What is insomnia?
The level at which our current awareness is on.
What is the conscious?
Scary dreams that occur in REM sleep and can be remembered in the morning.
What are nightmares?
A drug class that works in the brain for pain relief and sedates users.
What is an opiate?
The purpose of sleep spindles( bursts of brain activity).
What is neuronal plasticity and memory consolidation? (Generated by the TRN: thalamic reticular nucleus)
Stage in which somnambulism(sleepwalking) occurs.
What is NREM 3? (cannot happen during REM because the brain stem blocks messages to the muscles below the head)
Founder of Stream of consciousness theory in which our consciousness (our subjective awareness of mental events) flows continuously like a stream, unlike a railroad or ladder which is jointed.
Who is William James?
Dream which occurs in non-REM sleep and can not be remembered in the morning.
What are night terrors?
Neurotransmitter that is mimicked by stimulant drugs.
What is dopamine and Serotonin.
The longevity of the uninterrupted sleep cycle.
What is 90-110 minutes per cycle and 4-6 cycles per night?
Temporary loss of ability to breathe during sleep.
What is Sleep Apnea?
Your Freudian consciousness is the equivalent of a little devil in your ear and its counterpart the angel in your other ear.
Theory that states dreams consolidate the day's events and make sense of what happened.
What is the Information Processing Theory.
Neurotransmitters that is mimicked by depressant drugs to reduce the same effects.
What is Gabba? (side effects include drowsiness, relaxation, and decreased inhibition)
Imagery images or sensations that happen when a person is falling asleep that seem real. (Ex. the sensation of falling)
What is hypnogogic sensation.
The cause of Narcolepsy.
What is the Deficiency of neurotransmitter Hypocretin or brain trauma?
The conscious level that is the balance between the id and the superego.
What is the ego?
Increase in people's REM when they don't get enough uninterrupted sleep resulting in sleep deprivation and a decreased amount of time to start dreaming.
What is REM rebound?