Quiz 8 Flashcards
endogenous circadian rhythms all last ____
about 24 hours
whereas endogenous circannual rhythms all last ____
about one year
which hormone, released by the pineal, influences both circadian and circannual rhythms?
melatonin
after the damage to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the body ___
still has rhythms but they are less consistent
an individual whose EEG is predominantly alpha waves is most likely ____
very relaxed but still awake
cells in the basal forebrain increase arousal and wakefulness by releasing ___
acetylcholine
a person in which state alternates between periods of sleep and moderate arousal but shows no awareness of surroundings and no purposeful behavior?
vegetative
a person whose EEG reading shows no brain activity is most likely a ____
brain dead
whereas a person whose EEG reading shows brain activity but no response to any stimuli is in ______
coma
the _______ is described by brief periods of speech comprehension
minimally conscious rate
what is the best indicator that someone has insomnia?
consistently feeling tired during the day
slow-wave sleep is comprised of ___
stages 3 and 4 sleep
which condition has often been interpreted as an intrusion of REM sleep into wakefulness?
narcolepsy
night terrors can be distinguished from nightmares in that night terrors ___
occur during NREM sleep
in comparison to NREM dreams, REM dreams ____
are more likely to include complicated plots
REM sleep is called paradoxical because _____
it is light sleep in some ways and deep sleep in other ways
Larisa has REM behavior disorder. What happens to her during REM sleep?
she moves around as if she is acting out her dream
which of these is characteristic of sleep apnea?
periods without breathing during sleeping
according to the activation-synthesis hypothesis, it should be possible to predict (with better than chance accuracy) the content of a person’s dreams if we know what information about the person?
stimuli currently acting on the body and areas of spontaneous brain activity
the neurocognitive hypothesis regards dreams as _____
thinking that takes place under unusual conditions
