UNIT 4: AOS 1: The Demand For Sleep Flashcards
Consciousness
-Unique, subjective and constantly changing.
-Can be though of as what information takes possession of your mind
Normal Waking Consciousness
The states of consciousness associated with being awake and aware of objects and events in the external world, and one’s sensations, mental experiences and own existence.
Altered State of Consciousness
Any state of consciousness that is distinctly different from normal waking consciousness
Naturally occuring state of consciousness
Daydreaming
Sleep
Illness
Connected to autonomic processes
Hyperstressed
Induced state of consciousness
Meditation
Hypnotic state
Anaesthetised
Drug induced
Highly focused attention
Controlled Process
NREM
-Non rapid eye movement
-characterised by a progressive decline in physiological activity
-Consists of three stages and takes up around 80% of a sleep episode
NREM Stage 1
Transistional phase between wakefulness and sleep.
-Physiological responses slow down
-Easily woken, not very long
NREM Stage 2
Also considered light sleep, still wakes easily
-Bursts of brain activity help resist being woken by environmental stimuli
-Experienced the most throughout a sleep episode
NREM stage 3
-Deep sleep, physiological responses are at their slowest, difficult to wake up
-“Slow wave sleep”. Experienced more in the first half of the night
-Less NREM3 as the night progresses
REM
-Eyes make quick darting movements and physiological activity increases
-Brain activity resembles wakefulness, and only heart rate and breathing increase.
-Vivid dreams. More REM in 2nd half
-20% of an episode
-Repairs the mind
How long is a sleep cycle?
90 minutes
Average adult sleep pattern
80% of NREM, 20% of REM
Average baby sleep pattern
50%, 50%
Average old age sleep pattern
85% NREM, 15% REM
EEG
Technique that detects, amplifies, records the electrical activity of the brain
EMG
Technique that detects, amplifies, records the electrical activity of skeletal muscles.
REM: No muscle movement
NREM: Movement
EOG
Technique that detects, amplifies, records the electrical activity of the mucles controlling the eyes.
REM: Eye movement increases
NREM: Eye movement decreases
Brain waves
beta, alpha, theta, delta
When is beta brain waves?
NWC, awake
When is alpha brain waves?
Awake but relaxed, quiet and calm
When is theta brain waves?
low alertness, light sleep
When is delta brain waves?
lowest alertness, deep n3 sleep
Sleep Diaries
Are a subjective, self report tool used by a person to track their own sleep and wake patterns.
-Aims to identify any particular patterns or habits that may be leading to the sleep trouble. Can provide a personal and subjective account of the quantity and quality of sleep being experienced.
Video monitoring
-Used to collect quanlitative data
-Used alongside EEGs, EOGs, EMGs and can validate the data collected by these devices to show exactly what is occuring.
–Sleeping positions, movements, laboured breathings, sleep talking
Limitations of Video Monitoring
Expensive, imvasive