TEXT B
What is the name for the treatment of sleep disorders?
sleep medicine
How do most people spend a third of their lives?
asleep
How can narcolepsy be treated?
with drugs
What processes probably take place in the body during non-rapid-eye movement?
restoration and repair
What type of problems are most commonly the cause of insomnia?
psychological
What affects the amount of sleep people require?
age
What does snoring only very seldom lead to?
medical attention
What can happen during periods of rapid eye movement sleep?
dreams occur
With insomnia, what do doctors usually try to do rather than prescribe sleeping pills?
treat the cause
What can dreams help psychoanalysts understand?
the unconscious
What are sleepwalkers not aware of?
their surroundings
What are dreams principally concerned with?
perceptions
What involuntary action is the symptom of narcolepsy?
Sudden falling asleep
What is the feature of virtually all dreams?
visual experience
What is sleepwalking not considered to be a sign of?
mental disorder
How do dreams frequently seem?
random and chaotic
During what type of sleep does sleepwalking take place?
deep sleep/NREM sleep
As well as desires, what aspects of life do dreams reflect?
fears and concerns
What kind of people are most commonly affected by sleepwalking?
adolescents
What occurs in only around 50 percent of dreams?
auditory experience