Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Antihistamine, Antihypertensive Drug, Ciprofloxacin

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

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Q: dr. hobson is looking at the eeg tracing from a patient in his sleep lab. Note: depressed individuals tend to cycle into rem very quickly perhaps this helps improve mood in some way. For some, expectations fall short: sleep 5 hours, but expect 8 hours like other people. Insomnia: most common, difficultly in getting to sleep or staying asleep, situational insomnia. These individuals will ost likely have thermoregulation problem. Activation remains high and normal sleep cycle fails to develop. Sleep apnea: interruption in breathing during sleep, normal but people with disorder do not start breathing again unless they wake up, severe cases: May stop for about 1 minute, hundreds of times in the night. Sid sudden infant death syndrome, is a result of apnea. Parasomnia: various sleep related problems, typically found in children more than adults. Many walking actions are performed out of awareness. Occurs in stage 4 (not a part of a dream)