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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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