Dreams Flashcards
What are lucid dreams
When you aware that you are teaming , it is recognised as. Unique physiological state involving a change in brain waves to synchronisation of mostly 40hz in frontal part of brain
How to lucid dream ?
1) practising concentration on certain tasks while awake then attempting tasks while asleep 2)remember dreams - ability can increase effort 3) try awaken early then go back to sleep , this often appears to enchance dreaming and remembering
What are dreams?
Dreams are a series of vague or vivid visual images accompanied by action and emotions and dreams take place in real life
One study showed that practising a task during a lucid dream might increase ability how ?
The muscular neural circuits are the same during real movements and imagined movements , reason athletes use visualising
What is sleep paralysis?
May be related to the fact the limbs are paralysed during R.E.M. & which occurs at the fringes of waking & rem sleep , seems very real & more likely when stress , shift work and alcohol
What is sleep ?
Sleep can be defined as a state of reduced conscious awareness during which the body is less responsive and less active to the outside world
What does the biological approach believe ?
That all behaviour is a result of systems in body 1)genes 2)biochemical imbalance 3) neurotransmitters problem
What is the 1st stage of sleep?
Sleep between wakefulness and sleep , easily woken , hear noise , eyes are closed but occasionally flicker open “your drifting off”
What is R.E.M. Sleep (stage 5) ?
90 mins , eeg becomes very mixed in comparison to slow delta waves before , eyes be rapidly moving , however body dosent move
What are circadian rhythm
Body has way of keeping track of time ( clock) called circadian rhythms body natural processes that occur over 24hrs
