CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorder, Sleepwalking
19 Oct 2018
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Sleep deprivation: need 1 hr of sleep for every 2 hours we are awake, world record held by randy gardner for staying awake: 264 hrs (11 days), and. Sleep and memory: consolidation , sleep appears to be necessary for proper consolidation of the day"s memories to. : the process which fixes memories in long term storage: makes working memory into permanent memory occur, people who get a full night sleep, the less memory errors they make. Difficulty in fall asleep or staying asleep: most common sleep disorder (approx. So the more you worry about your insomnia, the harder it is for you to treat insomnia: somnambulism . Have been documented, and sometimes this results in acquittal: kenneth parks . (1987) derives 14 miles in his sleep and kills mother-in-law. (1997) repeatedly stabs wife and holds her under water: showed a lot of evidence that made him look like he was doing things consciously, jules lowe .
