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Sleep & the Brain
Sleep Disorders
Dreaming
Psychoactive Drugs
Anything Goes
100
What types of brain waves do people exhibit when they are awake?
What are Alpha Waves?
100
Occurs when a person repeatedly stops breathing while asleep.
What is sleep apnea?
100
Stage of sleep when dreaming occurs.
What is REM Stage Sleep?
100
The neurotransmitter mimicked by opiates such as heroin.
What are endorphins?
100
An altered state of consciousness characterized by heightened suggestibility?
What is hypnosis?
200
Alpha waves transition into theta waves during this stage of sleep.
What is NREM Stage 1 Sleep?
200
The stage of sleep when night terrors and sleepwalking occur.
What is NREM Stage 4 Sleep?
200
The psychologist who said that dreams represent the breakthrough of unconsciousness motives, repressed memories, and desires into our subconscious.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
200
A commonly used hallucinogens in the 1960s and 1970s, it caused distorted perception of reality and hallucinations?
What is LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)?
200
An altered state of consciousness that results in physical and mental relaxation?
What is meditation?
300
The stage of sleep where theta waves are dominant and sleep spindles occur?
What is Stage II Sleep?
300
Sudden and uncontrollable sleep attacks.
What is narcolepsy?
300
Freud's theory that dreaming represents our unfulfilled desires.
What is Wish Fulfillment Theory?
300
Most commonly used depressant.
What is alcohol?
300
The most widely abused drug by the American middle class in the 21st Century.
What are opiates?
400
The brain waves resemble those of an awake person.
What is REM Sleep?
400
Occurs when part of the brain is trying to stay awake but part of the brain starts going to sleep?
What are hypnagogic jerks?
400
Theory that the brain uses dreaming to organize information and experiences from the day to store critical information in long term memory or eliminate information not necessary to retain.
What is Information-Processing Theory or Cognitive-Processing Theory?
400
A decrease in the effectiveness of a drug over time due to continued use.
What is tolerance?
400
Ritalin, used to treat ADHD, belongs to this class of psychoactive drugs.
What are stimulants?
500
New neural connections are formed, memories are organized, and neurotoxic waste is flushed from the brain occurs during this stage of sleep.
What is REM Sleep?
500
Occurs when the thinking part of the brain begins to awaken, but the part of the brain that controls movement remains asleep. Hallucinations are also common.
What is sleep paralysis?
500
Theory that dreams come from the brain trying to make sense of the neural impulses sent from the pons to the cerebral cortex.
What is Activation-Synthesis Theory
500
The neurotransmitter that methamphetamine triggers which makes it so highly addictive.
What is dopamine?
500
Without the use of clocks and alarms, the human body adjusts to this natural length of day (in hours).
What is 25 hours?