STUDY Flashcards
What age is the neonatal group?
1-15 days
what are characteristics of the neonatal age group?
- highest sleep duration
- High levels of REM- brains are undergoing intense maturation
what are the sleep requirements for neonatal?
14-17 hours
what is the sleep average for neonatal?
16 hours
what are the proportions for neonatal age group?
50% REM
50% NREM
What is the age range for infancy?
3-24 months
what are characteristics of infancy age group?
High levels of REM- brains are undergoing intense maturation
what are the proportions for infancy sleep?
35% REM
65% NREM
What are the sleep requirements for infancy?
12-15
what is the sleep average for infancy?
13-15
what is the age range for childhood?
2-14 years
what are the characteristics of childhood sleep?
Time spent in REM reduces as the pace of brain development starts to steady.
what are the sleep proportions of childhood?
20% REM
80% NREM
What are the sleep requirements for childhood?
10-14 hours
what is the sleep average for childhood?
11 hours
what is the age range for adolescence?
14- 18 years
what are the characteristics of adolescence sleep?
- Social commitments can change sleep patterns
- Delayed circadian phase disorder
what are the proportions of adolescence?
20% REM
80% NREM
What are sleep requirements for adolescent sleep?
8-10 hours
what is the average of adolescent sleep?
9 hours
what is the age range young adults?
14-18 years
what are the characteristics of young adult sleep?
Less need for development such as physical and cognitive growth
what are sleep requirements for young adults?
7-9 hours
what is the sleep average for young adults?
7.5 hours
what is the age range for middle adult?
30-75 years
what are the characteristics of middle adult sleep?
- ill health & increase of sleep disorders
- less need for development.
what are sleep requirements for middle adults?
7-9 hours
what is sleep average for middle adults?
7-8 hours
what is the age range for old age?
75+ years
what is the proportions of young adult sleep?
20% REM
80% NREM
what is the proportions of middle adult sleep?
20% REM
80% NREM
what are the sleep proportions for old age?
20% REM
80% NREM
what are sleep characteristics of old age?
- ill health & increase of sleep disorders
- less need for development
- Experience advanced sleep phase syndrome
what are sleep requirements of old age?
7-8 hours
what are sleep averages of old age?
6 hours
what is the role of the hippocampus?
- encodes explicit memories
- consolidates explicit memories
- retrieves episodic memories
what is the role of the amygdala?
- encodes emotional components of classically conditioned and explicit memories
what is the role of the neocortex?
- stores explicit memories
what is the role of the basal ganglia?
- encodes implicit memories
- stores implicit memories
what is the role of the cerebellum?
- encodes procedural memories
- stores procedural memories
what is the role of the frontal/temporal lobe?
- retrieval of semantic memories
