Circadian rhythm
Internal biological clock
Synch. With 24hr cycle of day/night
Amount of time between sleep stages
90 mins
Non REM stage: 1→ light sleep
Hallucinations
Hypnagogic sensations
Ppl won’t believe they slept if awakened
Non REM stage: 2 → sleep spindles
Heart rate/ body temp ↓
20 mins
Sleep spindle: bursts of activityonly 1-2 most of night in this stage
Non REM stage: 3→ delta waves
Slowest, longest waves
20 -50% of wave pattern
30 mins
Sleepwalking/sleep talking
REM
Heart rate inc.
Breathing rapid/irregular
Closed exes dart every half minute
Motor cortex active, but brainstem I blocks messages
Paradoxical sleep
Internally aroused with waking-like activity’s but asleep