PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Myoclonus, Lucid Dream, Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis
12 Mar 2017
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Sleep paralysis state of being unable to move just after falling asleep or right before waking up. Consciousness our subjective experience of the world, our bodies and our mental perspectives. Circadian rhythm cyclic changes that occur on a roughly 24 hour basis in many biological processes. Biological clock term of the area of the hypothalamus that"s responsible for controlling our levels of alertness. Melatonin is a hormone that triggers feelings of sleepiness and increased after dark. (rem) rapid eye movement darting of the eyes underneath closed eyelids during sleep. Rem sleep stage of sleep during which the brain is most active and during which vivid dreaming most often occurs. Non-rem sleep sates 1 through 4 of the sleep cycle, during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming is less frequent and vivid. Stage 1 sleep our brain produces theta waves, when we"re awake it produces beta waves.
