PSYC 385 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Sleep Paralysis, Prefrontal Cortex, Palpitations
15 Dec 2017
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A. so we wake in better mood than when we went to sleep. Cartwright -- theory: dreams are mood regulators, helping us process negative emotions. Dreaming pattern differs b/w ppl who recover and move on and those who are. Positive emotions less frequent, fear higher in sleep than wake. Strx in limbic system (emotional memory) -- highly activated in rem than in wake. Portions of prefrontal cortex (logical thinking) -- nearly shut down. Dreams in first rem period contain most negative emotion. Successive rem periods -- more positive and incorporate elements of. Childhood memories occur later in the night, coinciding with low point of body. First rem earlier in night -- lacking in emotion. Suppressing rem --> improves mood and energy level in morning. Supercharged state of limbic --> prefrontal cortex and related cortical regions during dreaming. Remembering dream content may increase dreaming"s therapeutic effect (depression, Outer regions of cortex (sensory info/logical thought) -- highly activated.
