Discuss the nature of sleep ( AO1= 8‚ AO2=16) In this essay I will discuss the nature of sleep‚ in terms of: REM‚ NREM‚ and the physiology of sleep. There are two sorts of sleep: REM and NREM. REM and NREM are as different from each other as each is from wakefulness. NREM sleep is characterised by an idle brain in a very relaxed body; whereas REM sleep is characterised by a brain that appears to be wide awake in a virtually paralysed body. There are 4 stages to NREM sleep: ‘falling’‚ easily woken
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Sleep is an essential part of life. Without sleep‚ the body does not get the energy that it needs to function. Yet a large amount of people do not get anywhere near the amount of sleep they need. Whether it is because of medical reasons or because there just is not enough time in the day‚ sleep deprivation is a major problem in today’s society. The many people who do not get enough sleep usually end up suffering the consequences. No good can come from not getting enough sleep. Sleep deprivation has
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(2004). The relationship of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress to well-being. Journal of Sleep Research‚ 13(2)‚ 129-136. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00394.x This article dives deeper into the specifics of a nightmare. It claims that low well-being causes dreams to elicit more negative emotions which is the cause of distress that people feel
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Related Studies This part relates the summary method‚ findings and conclusion of studies like dissertation‚ unpublished thesis and other studies viewed. The studies with the current issues and problems compromise of collected research studies are presented respectively according to the problem under investigation. In the study on ‘The Impact of Spare Time Activities on Students’ English Language Skills’ by Sundquist (2009)‚ it aimed to document and verified the relationship between learners’ spare
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Effects of Sleep Deprivation Darren Montgomery || 000249114 QBT 1 Task 5 WGU || Mentor: DeeDee Hessler When Thomas Edison set out to create the light bulb‚ his intention was to reduce the amount of time that people spent sleeping. His idea was that if people had light to work by they could and would work longer hours. In his mind‚ sleep was something that was not needed and stood opposed to progress (Coren‚ 1996). “Anything which tends to slow work down is a waste
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Depression Outline the Clinical characteristics of depression (2 key characteristics plus 5 further symptoms) Depression is a low emotional mood‚ characterised a significant levels of sadness‚ lost of energy and self-worth‚ and feeling of guilt. The diagnosis of major depression requires the presence of at least 5 or more the following symptoms. Affective symptoms: sad‚ depressed mood‚ and feeling low Cognitive symptom: e.g. feeling of guilty about any mistakes‚ and thinking themselves as worthless
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The Effect of Sleep Deprivation What is sleep deprivation? Sleep deprivation is when a person does not get enough sleep. It mostly happens with teenagers. But there are also some adults who do not sleep enough either. It happens because of overthinking. It happens also if a person has a health problem that prevents him from getting enough sleep or cause poor quality of sleep. Each person should sleep between seven and eight hours per night. Sleeping is one of the most important
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Sleep disruption can be defined as any essential deviation in sleep quantity‚ integration‚ or timing relative to the optimal sleep needed by a given individual (usually between seven and nine hours of uninterrupted sleep during the night). Sleep disruption is typically focused on total sleep deprivation‚ showing that skipping sleep completely leads to decrease vigilance‚ problems with cognitive control‚ and impaired mental flexibility (Kirzan and Herlache‚ 2015). There is a little research on sleep
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Tre Wyche English Waleson “Sexy” assignment for 4/13/11 1. The author provides us with a third-person omniscient view of the story (Meaning we have an overall‚ all-knowing view of the story as it happens). 2. In one story Miranda has affairs with a man name Dev whose wife is visiting India. In the other story Miranda’s friend Laxmi’s cousin’s husband is cheating on her with another women. In both cases a partner in a relationship is having an affair with someone else. 3. Laxmi’s cousin
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Types of Depression Depression is now considered as the most common mental illness. As of September 20‚ 2012‚ the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that about 9 percent of Americans are experiencing depression and 90 percent of suicidal reports are commonly caused by depression. The brain has a certain chemicals that work to keep your moods balanced. When your brain is not generating enough of these chemicals‚ there’s a tendency for you to become depressed. Depression is commonly referred
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