Exam 8: A: Sleep and Dreams

The disorder involving uncontrollable attacks of overwhelming sleepiness is known as

When people are experiencing vivid dreams

Shane, a straight-A student, remembers dreaming that he failed an important chemistry test. According to Freud, Shane's account represents the ________ content of his dream.

Animals with the ________ need to graze and the ________ ability to hide from danger tend to sleep less.

Chronic sleep debt is most likely to promote

An increase in accident rates following the change to "daylight savings" time best illustrates the dangers of

Which of the following helps to restore and repair neurons following the body's production of excess free radicals?

Brain regions that are active as rats learn to navigate a maze show similar activity patterns again as the rats later experience

NREM-1 sleep is likely to be associated with

To cure his insomnia, Mr. Ming takes a sleeping pill just before bedtime. Research suggests that this practice

During NREM-1 sleep, people may experience fantastic images that resemble

Alpha waves are associated with

Cindi prefers to take exams in the late afternoon rather than during the morning, because her energy level and ability to concentrate are better at that time. Her experience most likely reflects the influence of the

It has been found that night terrors

When dreamers' faces were lightly sprayed with cold water, they were more likely than other dreamers to experience

Pushing back school start times has been found to ________ adolescent mood states and ________ adolescent alertness.

Sleep spindles are characteristic of ________ sleep.

NREM-2 sleep is to ________ as NREM-3 sleep is to ________.

In the United States and Canada, people today sleep ________ than people did a century ago.

Researchers have discovered genes that cause