Ep 2 Flashcards
Pons function with sleep
Pons keep us from not moving in sleep
Are of the brain that is off during sleep, is the judgment filter
Prefrontal cortex, why we have bizarre dreams
Highest active brain parts in REM
Amygdala and hippocampus
During sleep we are less awake and alert because
We have lower levels of Norepinephrine during sleep
We think things are important in dreams because
Serotonin plummets
Artemidorous
1st real dream researcher, Egyptian, dreams have meaning (took literal and made columns of dreams to decipher)
Santiago Ramon Y Cajal
Father of modern neuroscience, neurons are basic units of nervous system, electrical communication, neuron doctrine
Sigmund Freud
Other book similar to Cajal, by dreams are from hypothalamus,
Carl Jung
Freud supporter, dreams represented characters/ aspects of our inner lives. Anxiety, purity, wisdom.
True or false: dreams come from real life, fears, episodic, semantic thoughts
True
Allison Mcarthy
Lucid dreamer: consciously influences her dreams. Must work on remembering her dreams in order to influence, and know that you are in a dream-> question in waking life. Her prefrontal cortex is awake