Sleep enables our brains and bodies to rest‚ equipping us to take on the next day. A normal sleep cycle consists of 5 stages‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ and REM. If sleep is disturbed it can cause problems with health and everyday life. Stage 1 is when sleep is light and one can be awakened easily. In this stage we begin to drift in and out of sleep‚ the eyes move slow and muscle activity slows. Stage 1 lasts about five minutes and is followed by stage 2. Stage 2 eye movement stops and brain waves become slower
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In the novel " The Big Sleep "‚ there’s a character by the name of Philip Marlowe. Philip Marlowe is a private investigator who is hired to work for a wealthy man named General Strenwood‚ in the month of october. General Sternwood wants Marlowe to deal with a blackmail on his wild young daughter Carmen . Carmen is being blackmailed by a book seller named Arthur Geiger she was also previously blackmailed by Joe Brody. Carmen is clearly the femme fatal who killed her brother in law Rusty because he
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Sleep Deprivation About one in three adults fail to get enough sleep each night. Sleep deprivation occurs when a person doesn’t get enough hours of sleep. On average most adults need about seven to eight hours of sleep a night. There are many different causes of sleep deprivation‚ these causes lead to certain effects on a person. There are also many ways to avoid and cope with sleep deprivation. Sleep is needed to “charge” a persons body‚ especially the brain and without sleep the body will not
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Sleep Deprivation ‘What effects does sleep deprivation have on people?’ Assessment Type 4: Investigation – STAGE 2 ESL CONTENTS PAGES INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 DEFFINITION………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………3 STATISTICS………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………….4 CAUSES & EFFECTS…………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………4 SOLUTIONS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….5 CONCLUSION…...…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5
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section Literature Review of Sleep Deprivation Sleep deprivation is a pattern of sleeping where an individual fails to get enough sleep during the night. On average‚ adults need seven to eight hours‚ were teens and children need an average of nine hours of sleep to feel well rested (1). Numerous literatures expand on the topic of sleep deprivation and the effects it has on the human body. This literature can be divided into three parts: 1) studies that show how sleep deprivation causes changes in
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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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iThe Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Individual Productivity Sleep is a basic necessity of life. The current 24-hour society‚ we use precious nighttime hours for daytime activities. In the past century‚ we have reduced the average sleep time by 20 percent and‚ in the past 25 years‚ added a month to the average annual work time (National Sleep Foundation‚ 1999). The sleep habits of society has changed but the bodies of individuals have not. Sleep problems have become a modern epidemic that
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Sleep Apnea This article was on the warning signs of sleep apnea‚ how to distinguish it from normal snoring‚ and what you can do about it. There are many different types of sleep apnea from obstructive sleep apnea‚ central sleep apnea‚ and complex sleep apnea.Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common‚ central sleep apnea is the less common‚ and complex is a mixture of both obstructive and central. Sleep apnea is when breathing is disturbed during sleep. Breathing stops from 10-20 seconds and
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Sleep Deprivation Introduction Attention Material: Blame it on the light bulb. College students and individuals across the country are suffering from a health problem that can be more detrimental to their health than some forms of cancer. What is it? Sleep Deprivation. Motivation Material: People are losing sleep daily‚ in such a fashion that most have trouble staying awake during work‚ driving‚ or even in class. Thesis & Overview: Sleep deprivation is a serious medical situation that can
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Good Nights Sleep Sleep is often the first thing people give up when life gets busy. People often forget what roles sleep play in our lives. In humans it has been demonstrated that metabolic activity of the brain decreases after 24 hours of sustained wakefulness. Lack of sleep can result in decreased immune system function‚ decreased body temperature as well as a decreased release of growth hormone. Variable heart rate increases can also be a sign of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation
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