Need for Sleep and effects of Sleep Deprivation on Cognitive Performance Poojan Nikunjkumar Mehta 2012CS10241 Siddarth KM 2012CS10256 Index Terms Sleep‚ Sleep deprivation‚ memory consolidation‚ temporal memory‚ decision making‚ visual processing. Introduction Sleep is an everyday phenomenon‚ which many people take for granted. It is very important to know its need and what happens when we don’t sleep properly. This article is aimed at studying different theories regarding sleep and the
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Transcendental Meditation: An explanation: "The Abundance of Benefits" Transcendental meditation is a simple‚ effortless mental technique which allows your mind to relax completely. During meditation you are able to gain a very profound rest‚ which is scientifically proven to be almost ten times as powerful as the rest you gain during your ordinary sleep. By having this deep rest you are able to loosen and release deep rooted stresses in your physiology. This technique is in no way a religion
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Late Night Cup of Coffee: Bad for Sleep Sleep is very important to human beings especially because it allows both our minds and body to rest. It sorts out and arranges our memory and it is necessary for our body to function well. In fact about 40% of a person’s day is allocated to sleep throughout adolescence. However‚ adolescents who are people aged 12 to 18 years need 9 hours of sleep but on average most teens get 7 hours only (Mindell and Owens 30). A variety of factors contributes to the tendency
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DRUG ADDICTION DRUG: A chemical substance that alters the function of one or more body organs or the process of a disease. Drugs include prescribed medicines over the counter remedies and various other substances such as alcohol‚ tobacco and drugs of abuse that are used for non-medical purposes. Drugs are substances other than food that affect the way your mind and body works (Al Robertson et al). DRUG ABUSE Drug abuse is definable mainly in terms of societal disapproval. It may involve
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March 2014 Sleep Deprivation Everyone knows how difficult it is to wake up after getting little to no sleep. However‚ many people believe that once they get up and begin their day the drowsiness will wear off. This isn’t necessarily the case. The effects of a lack of sleep can have a major impact on how one functions throughout the day without them even realizing it. According to the National Sleep Foundation‚ teens need 8.5-9.25 hours of sleep and adults need 7-9 hours of sleep every night
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no one gets enough sleep with their own busy schedule‚ especially teens. Teens need sleep for their body‚ considering the fact that we have a rapid growth and developing bodies to take care of. As an adolescents‚ we need a good nine hours of sleep so we do better in school and extracurricular activities. What most of our society is not informed about is the fact being sleep deprived is terrible for your health and may cause life threatening situations. As well as‚ being sleep deprived is some what
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that if left untreated can result in death. According to a recent journal article‚ “up to 93% of women and 82% of men may have undiagnosed moderate to severe OSA” (Park MD‚ Ramar MD‚ Olson MD‚ 2011‚ p. 549). OSA is characterized by pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep. These are called apneas and hypopneas. A recent journal article published by the Mayo Clinic defined OSA as “a disorder in which a person frequently stops breathing
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is happening to him or her. This puberty can make the child be argumentative. This can make the child be dismissive 2 STARTING A NEW SCHOOL: When a young person starts a new school‚ the child may be shy. The child may be dismissive and anxious. When a child starts a new school‚ they make new friends‚ and this could make the child feel nervous. 3 MOVING AWAY: moving away can make the child frustrated because you move them away from their favourite place and friends. This can make the child anxious
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have been drugs introduced into the United States‚ there have been people to abuse them; ever since there have been people to abuse drugs‚ there have been other people fighting against drug abusers. All throughout history people’s minds have being changing and people have become smarter and the ways of thinking have changed therefore making the fight against drug abusers a constantly changing battle. There have been many different approaches taken by many different types of people because drug users
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to get genetic engineering (GE) foods into the market place is placed on chemical companies or the biotech industries. However‚ the unseen nor unheard mystery of how genetically engineered foods were able to reach the dinner plates of millions throughout North America and several other parts of the world is revealed in the book‚ Altered Genes‚ Twisted Truth‚ written by Steven M. Druker. According to Jane Goodall‚ UN Messenger of Peace‚ Druker has‚ without doubt‚ written one of the most important
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