Name of predominant waveform during alert states with eyes open.
What is beta?
100
Dream theorist who wrote, "The dream is the guardian of sleep"
Who is Freud?
100
Neurons with this neurotransmitter fire rapidly during REM sleep.
What is acetylcholine?
100
Varieties of this herb are used in acupuncture and to facilitate dreaming.
What is mugwort (artemisia)?
200
REM means this.
What is Rapid Eye Movement?
200
Predominant waveform during meditation or with eyes closed.
What is alpha?
200
Dream theory advocating content analysis over interpretation of dreams.
What is the neurocognitive model of dreaming? (Domhoff's model)
200
This hormone, produced in the pineal gland, induces sleep.
What is melatonin?
200
Special aspect of dolphin's sleep, as shown on EEG recordings; also seen in other mammals who spend time in the ocean.
What is unihemispheric slow wave sleep? (USWS) or sleeping with one hemisphere at a time?
300
Stage in which you get your deepest, most restorative sleep
What is Stage 4 sleep (aka Slow Wave Sleep)?
300
Waveform shown during Stages 2-3, also evident also during concentration and deep inward thought.
What is theta?
300
This theorist believed dreams contain archetypes as part of a collective unconscious. He also believed precognitive dreams were possible.
Who is Carl Jung?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
These aminergic neurotransmitters have very low activity during REM sleep.
What are norephinephrine (NE or NA) and serotonin (5HT)?
300
Clarke's case study used actigraphy to measure sleep variables as a function of exposure to different types of this independent variable
What is music?
400
Definitive onset of sleep is considered to be at this stage.
What is Stage 2 sleep?
400
Two primary characteristics measured on EEG waveforms.
What are amplitude and frequency?
400
Dream theory that states the brain self-stimulates during REM and dreams are the brain's attempt to find meaning in random neural firing.
What is the activation-synthesis theory?
400
In cases of narcolepsy, genetic mutations cause self-destruction of this neurotransmitter; it has two names.
What is orexin/hypocretin?
400
According to photographic studies by Hobson and Spagna, minimum number of times we change positions during a night's sleep.
What is 8?
500
Length of a complete cycle through all stages of sleep.
What is 90 minutes?
500
Unique feature on EEG during Stage 2, indicative of sleep onset.
What is a sleep spindle?
500
Rosalind Cartwright and Deidre Barrett are both associated with this theory of dreaming; the theory considers dreams to be important for intellectual/artistic creativity and emotional survival.
What is the problem-solving theory?
500
Insomnia medications approved by the FDA primarily act on this neurotransmitter to produce sleep.
What is GABA?
500
Heteroplastic theories emphasize this important function of sleep.