Transcript Sleep Powerpoint

Consciousness

The awareness of, or the possibility of
knowing what is happening inside or
outside the organism.
Sleep Stages
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5 Stages of sleep.
 NREM
 REM
Stage 1
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10 minutes
 Body relaxes.
 Brain waves slow down.
 Dreamlets occur.
Stage 2 & 3
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Stage 2: 10 – 15 min. Brain waves
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Stage 3: 10 – 20 min. Low voltage waves
every few seconds.
Stage 4 – DEEP SLEEP

Large regular Delta waves.
 State of oblivion.
 Incubus attacks
 Sleep talking
 Sleep walking
 Bed Wetting with no trace in memory.
REM Sleep

Rapid Eye Movement
 Brain waves resemble the awake state.
 Pulse Rate and Breathing Irregular.
 Vivid dreaming takes place.
 Sleeper is “Paralyzed”
Night Cycle

Cycle through stages every 90 minutes.
 Each cycle stage 4 decreases.
 Each cycle REM stage increases.
Night Terrors
Autonomic reaction:
 elevated heart rate
 rapid breathing
 perspiration
Physical reaction:
 Sleepers will bolt upright
 eyes wide open
 often scream
Sleep Apnea

Pauses in breathing while asleep (pause can
be up 5 seconds to several minutes)
 Person is unaware of disturbed sleep

Sleep disorder marked by the inability to
fall asleep or to reach deep sleep.
Insomnia
Interpretation of Dreams


Sigmund Freud 1900
Physical Function = Dreams allow sleep to
continue undisturbed.
 “Dreams help the psyche protect and satisfy
itself”.
Dream Diaries

Manifest content: The dream story.

Latent content: The hidden or built up
anxieties.
“Dream is a wish fulfillment”
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Freud was aware of permissiveness in
dreams, they allow actions beyond moral
restrictions.
 Symbols: Sexual???

“sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”
Sleep Disorders
 Insomnia
 Sleep
Apnea
 Narcolepsy
Sensory Deprivation

1951 Brainwash study (hsi nao)
 Subjects not able to see hear or touch
anything.
Response

Irritability
 Restlessness
 Emotionally upset
 Vivid Sensory Imagery
Hypnosis
Anton Mesmer 1700’s = “mesmerize”
 Freud
 Movies Aladdin, Office Space.
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Definition’s

A relaxed state with a heightened ability to
focus on certain objects acts or feelings.
 Brain = switchboard (ex. Pain)
 Trance = relaxation
 NOT SLEEP
 Cooperation not Domination
Posthypnotic Suggestions

Eating habits
 Smoking
 Stress
 Fingernail biting
 Sports