Sleep Paralysis: Mystical or Medical Phenomenon? Do you believe in ghost? What happen when they disturb your sleep? Sleep paralysis is one of sleep disorder. It is a condition when a person is awaken from sleep but cannot move nor speak‚ and commonly experiences a sense of threatening presence. Sleep paralysis suddenly comes to a person’s sleep and gives a bunch of feelings such as scariness‚ anxiety and panic. The sufferer also experiences a pressure on the body or chest‚ rapid heart rate‚
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Stage 1 “light sleep”. In this stage of light sleep‚ which lasts about 5 to 10 minutes our brains activity powers down by 50 percent or more‚ producing theta waves. Theta waves occur four to seven times per second. Moreover‚ these waves are slower than the beta waves of 13 or more times per second produced during active alert states and the alpha waves of 8 to 12 times per second when we’re quiet and relaxed. As we start to drift off to deeper sleep‚ we become more relaxed‚ and we may experience
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After recording my sleep for a whole week I came to some realizations that I should probably go to bed a little earlier. Though in an regular week‚ full of classes‚ exams‚ and other events I was able to average a little under 8 hours. There were nights that I was only able to squeeze in a little under 6 hours. I was able to go home that weekend‚ so you can see that I obviously sleep better there than I do in my dorm bed‚ I was able to catch up on sleep and get way over the recommended amounts. I
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Cult Med Psychiatry DOI 10.1007/s11013-013-9327-x ORIGINAL PAPER Rates and Characteristics of Sleep Paralysis in the General Population of Denmark and Egypt Baland Jalal • Devon E. Hinton Ó Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 Abstract In the current research we report data from two studies that examined rates and characteristics of sleep paralysis (SP) in the general population of Denmark and Egypt. In Study I‚ individuals from Denmark and Egypt did not differ in age whereas there were
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The Big Sleep‚ by Raymond Chandler‚ was written in 1939. It is a story about a private detective in Los Angeles who takes a case about blackmail‚ but the case would soon develop into a big ordeal with murder‚ corruption‚ and kidnapping. The first two paragraphs of the story provide a great introduction to Marlowe‚ the private investigator‚ and great information about him. The first two paragraphs also give a lot of information the reader can use to better understand the plot later in the story. The
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Title: Polyphasic Sleep Speech Purpose: To inform Thesis: Polyphasic sleep can benefit you in your everyday life‚ but can also come with a price. 1) Polyphasic sleep can benefit your individual daily goals to an extent. a) By sleeping only an average of 2-3 hours a day using the Uberman sleep cycle‚ you can increase your productivity on a day-to-day basis. i) In theory‚ you can save 5-6 hours a day by taking six 20-30 minute naps every four hours and still feel as alert and rested as you would
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undiagnosed sleep apnea frequently wake up during the night‚ leading to daytime sleepiness‚ however‚ research shows a connection between sleep apnea and serious medical conditions‚ such as cardiovascular disease as well. Up to 80 percent of the people with sleep apnea are undiagnosed‚ but Dr. Avi Weisfogel of Dental Sleep Masters want to change this statistic. Ever since he graduated from New York University College of Dentistry and started practicing dentistry‚ Weisfogel was interested in sleep medicine
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Sleep Deprivation of college students It is 11:30 in the morning and the lecture started half an hour ago. The classroom is still half empty. Although half of the class is here‚ they don’t look like awake. Most of them look like zombies. The above scenario is a common condition taken place in colleges. A research done by Tsui‚YY‚ et al (2009) shows that two thirds of the participating students reported sleep deprivation. The poor sleep quality results in their zombie looks and poor attendants
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Correlation between Sleep and Grades Hours of Sleep (h) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Average of Term (%) | 68 | 73 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 80 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 93 | *Data comes from 20 Secondary 4 IB students Correlation: .85 Rule: y = 4.15x + 53.8 Correlation is a statistical measurement of the relationship between two variables. Through many years‚ people have been studying the correlation
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Gramling 1 Kaytlyn Gramling Ms. Bott English 101 21 November 2014 Sleep Deprivation College students are often waking up groggy to their morning classes‚ which could last from one hour to four hours‚ causing a decrease in concentration or even sleeping in class. There are many causes to having sleep deprivation that affect the lifestyle of these students and their sleeping cycles. There are an abundance of college students who are partying all night‚ staying up late to finish homework assignments
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