effects of sleep deprivation Flashcards
What are 3 factors that influence the length of sleep needs?
Age
Genetics
Lifestyle
What is sleep deprivation?
caused by inadequate quality or lack of quantity of sleep
What are the 2 types of sleep deprivation?
- partial sleep dep
- total sleep dep
What is partial sleep deprivation?
having less sleep than is normally required
What is total sleep deprivation?
having no sleep at all over a long period of time
What are the affective effects of partial sleep deprivation?
amplified emotional responses
What are examples of the affective effects of partial sleep deprivation?
- feelings of fatigue
- lack of motivation
- heightened emotions
- mood disturbances
What are behavioural effects of partial sleep deprivation?
sleep inertia
excessive sleepiness
microsleeps
What are examples of the behavioural effects of partial sleep deprivation?
slowed performance
clumsiness
risk-taking
What are the cognitive effects of partial sleep deprivation?
attention problems
learning and memory problems
What are the examples of the cognitive effects of partial sleep deprivation?
- impaired attention
- memory problems
- tendency to perform bad on simple tasks
People who are sleep deprived have difficulty performing what kind of tasks?
simple
What does being deprived of REM sleep do?
decrease control over emotions
heightens emotions
What is sleep inertia?
when your performance is impaired after you wake up and commonly occurs after a poor nights sleep
What are microsleeps?
brief period of sleep that occurs when sleep deprived