Science
Thoughts, feelings, or images that occur while you sleep.
Dreams
The temporary inability to move that occurs directly after falling asleep or waking up. Awareness is maintained, but involves disturbing hallucinations and the feeling of suffocation.
Sleep paralysis
A substance found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and soft drinks, which can cause insomnia or restlessness.
Caffeine
The natural hormone your body secretes that helps to maintain your wake-sleep cycle. Is also made synthetically and available without a prescription as an over-the-counter dietary supplement in the U.S.
Melatonin
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Hypnic jerks occur during this stage
Stage 1 or N1
Characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing or instances of abnormally low breathing during sleep.
Sleep apnea
(T/F) Sleeping with socks on increases quality and quantity of sleep.
True
Because drowsiness is a side effect, medications within this class of drugs are prescribed to treat sleep disorders.
Antidepressants
These muscles make up the quadriceps.
Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis
The longer you’re awake, the more you feel the need to sleep. Pressure to sleep builds up based on how long you’ve been awake. Also causes you to sleep longer and deeper after time of bad quality/quantity of sleep.
Sleep-wake homeostasis
When left untreated, this increases risk for substance abuse, heart disease, and diabetes.
Insomnia
This substance may make it easier to fall asleep, but the effect wears off, and prevents deep sleep.
Alcohol
The disorder Doxepin is used to treat.
Insomnia
This city is the oldest capital in the U.S.
Santa Fe, NM
Type of brain waves present during stage 3 sleep
Delta
Characterized by severe and persistent daytime sleepiness that cause impairments in school, work, and social settings, as well as increase the risk of serious accidents and injuries.
Narcolepsy
The biggest factor in influencing circadian rhythm.
Sunlight, sun exposure, light
Type of sedative medication that slows down the body and brain's functions to help you fall asleep.
Benzodiazepine
The lowest-seeded team to win the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament.
No. 8-seeded 1985 Villanova Wildcats