sleep and dreams Flashcards
repair & restoration theory
sleep is needed for recovery - body increasesrate of cell division
evolutionary sleep theory
sleep conserves energy
info consolidation theory
sleep is used to process information
PSYCHOANALYTIC DREAM THEORY (FREUD)
dreams represent deep desires
HOBSON’S NUDITY ACTIVATION SYNTHESIS
during rem sleep regions in the brain responsible for emotion and memories are active, brain dreams to make sense of them
stages of sleep
nrem 1- between sleep and wakefulness, loss of external environment
nrem 2 - musle activity V, knowledge of ext. env. disappears
nrem 3 - deep sleep
rem - most muscles dont move, heart rate unregulated. vivid dreams
INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY
dreams allow us to process info or prepare for new events
hypermnesia
memory is enhanced while hypnotised
hypnagogy and hypnopompia
stage of going in to sleep, stage of going out
