Mod 17

Question 1

What happens sleep debt piles up?

Answer 1

In a short time, it can take awhile to get our circadian rhythm back. The brain keeps track of the last 2 weeks.

Question 2

Who is Randy Gardner? What did he do?

Answer 2

In 1964, he attempted to stay awake as long as possible. He made it 11 days and experienced heart murmurs, slurred speech, difficulty listening, hallucinations and unrealistic dreams.

Question 3

What does loss of sleep predict?

Answer 3

Depression, getting 5 hours or less increases it by 71%.

Question 4

What can sleep deprivation do to us?

Answer 4

1) Increases hunger by increasing ghrelin and cortisol while decreasing leptin
2) Suppresses immune cells that fight viral infections; affects life expectancy
3) Slows reaction time and increases errors
4)Difficulty studying, being productive
5) increases irritability
6) increases weight

Question 5

What are REM dreams?

Answer 5

Hallucinations of the sleeping mind?

Question 6

What do we typically dream about?

Answer 6

Repeatedly failing something, being attacked or rejected. Previous days experiences can be incorporated.

Question 7

Can dreaming be cultural?

Answer 7

Yes!
Americans dream about animals and food more often

Brazilians have more sexual and emotional dreams

Argentineans reported more dreams about aggression and good fortune than Brazilians or Americans

Question 8

What is Sigmund Freuds belief in dreaming?

Answer 8

Dreams express our otherwise unacceptable feelings.

Question 9

What are 2 components of Frueds theory?

Answer 9

Manifest Content - conscious or remebered
Latent Content - unconscious or hidden meaning

Question 10

What are all the sleep disorders? (no need to explain just wait queen)

Answer 10

1) Insomnia
2) narcolepsy
3) sleep apnea
4) night terrors
5) sleepwalking(talking, etc)
6) Nightmares

Question 11

What is insomnia?

Answer 11

Reoccurring problems falling and staying asleep.

Question 12

What are some causes of insomnia?

Answer 12

Smoking/Alcohol, caffeine, lack of physical activity, etc.

Question 13

What are treatments to insomnia?

Answer 13

Creating a regular sleep schedule
limit coffee and alcohol
meds
limit naps

Question 14

What are nightmares?

Answer 14

Frightening dresams during REM that occur in the middle of the night or early morning.

Question 15

What are causes of nightmares?

Answer 15

Stress/Anxiety/PTSD
Smoking/Drinking
Scary Movies

Question 16

What are treatments to nightmares?

Answer 16

Meds
psychotherapy
relaxationn

Question 17

What are night terrors?

Answer 17

Partially waking up screaming or thrashing in a state of intense fear; occurs during stage 3.

Question 18

What causes Night Terrors?

Answer 18

No direct causes but triggers:
sleep deprivation
anxiety/stress/trauma
sleep apnea
meds
migranes
resting leg syndrome
genes

Question 19

What are some treatments to night terrors?

Answer 19

reasurements
lights off
move harmful objects
lock doors/windows

Question 20

What is sleep walking?

Answer 20

engaging in complex behaviors while sleep(NREM-3)

Question 21

What causes sleep walking?

Answer 21

genes
sleep deprivation
stress
brain injuries
disorders

Question 22

What helps fix sleep walking?

Answer 22

regular sleep schedule
meds
safe environment

Question 23

What is Sleep Apnea?

Answer 23

Breathing repeatedly starting and stopping throughout the night

Question 24

What causes sleep apnea?

Answer 24

obesity
age
sex
alcohol
being MALE
side sleeping
illnesses (colds)

Question 25

What treats sleep apnea?

Answer 25

cpap machine weight loss surgery

Question 26

What is narcolepsy?

Answer 26

Uncontrollable sleep attacks that dive straight into REM

Question 27

What causes narcolepsy?

Answer 27

genes the hypothalamus stops producing orexin neurons

Question 28

What treats narcolepsy?

Answer 28

meds regular sleep schedule short naps