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Rapid Eye Movement. Part of sleep that is hardest to arouse a person and when most dreams occur. One must make up all REM sleep. |
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Electrical activity and storage of incoming neural info for seconds to minutes. |
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Information stored in brain for prolonged periods and periods of protein synthesis. |
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How is the frequency of EEG waves related to the persons state of arousal? |
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There are lower frequency waves in sleeping stages. There are high frequency waves when alert and also characteristics of REM sleep. |
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How is amplitude of the EEG waves related to the persons state of arousal? |
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The waves have higher amplitudes as you go into deeper sleep. REM sleep has a desynchronous pattern. |
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What are the two major categories of sleep? |
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Which type of sleep is described as restful? |
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During which type of sleep is it most difficult to arouse a person? |
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During which type of sleep does dreaming typically occur? |
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During which type of sleep is muscle tone the least? |
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What are the stages of slow wave sleep? |
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During which stage of sleep of slow wave sleep is it most difficult to arouse a person? |
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Body willl make up every minute of REM sleep lost (and go into periods of sleep exclusively REM) |
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How much time does a person speend in sleep? |
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How much of time spent in sleep is spent in REM? |
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How much time of sleep is spent in slow wave sleep? |
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4 or 5 cycles of 90-100 minutes |
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How does sleep times change with aging? |
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In what brainstem structure are arousal and sleep producing centers located? |
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Reticular formation (reticular activating system) |
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What subcortical system is involved with emotional behaviors, emotions, and motivations? |
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What neurotransmitter appears to play a central role in the activity of the 'reward' systems? |
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Dopamine (Mesolimbic dopamine pathway for reward) |
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How are short term memories stored? |
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Stored as electrical charges. |
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How is declarative short term stored? |
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In the hippocampus and other temporal lobes. |
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How is procedural short term memory stored? |
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How is long term memory stored? |
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Structural protein synthesis. |
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How is declarative long term memory stored? |
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Areas of association cortex. |
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How is procedural long term memory stored? |
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In the basal nuclei, cerebellum, and premotor cortex. |
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Ability to communicate and expression. |
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Comprehension and interpretation of communication. |
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Location of Broca's and Wernecke's area |
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