PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Problem Solving, Snoring, Genetic Predisposition
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Restoration model: sleep recharges our bodies and allows us to recover from physical and mental fatigue. Evolutionary/circadian sleep models: sleep increases a species" chances of survival in relation to its environmental demands. Sleep is absolutely necessary for memory formation: rem-rebound effect: a tendency to increase the amount of rem sleep after being deprived of it, memory consolidation: process by which the brain transfers information into long-term memory. Insomnia: chronic difficulty in falling asleep, styaing asleep, or experiencing restful sleep: restless leg syndrome: urge to move one"s leg or other body parts while attempting to sleep, night shift work, depression & anxiety o. If you wake up, it"s better to give up trying for a bit than trying to force yourself to sleep or with sleeping pills. Quality of sleep is poorer with sleeping pills. You can"t get into deep sleep or rem sleep. Narcolepsy: extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable sleep attacks o.
