Thesis: Insomnia is the inability to obtain an adequate amount or quality of sleep at night. Introduction: I. Attention: Did everybody get 8 hours of sleep last night? I know I didn’t. II. Reveal & relate topic: Insomnia is a serious medical situation that can harm your health and your everyday life. Today I’m going to explain what insomnia is‚ its cause‚ and how to treat yourself if you have it. III. Credibility: Sleep is essential for mental and physical restoration. I prefer insomnia to
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The study‚ “To Sleep‚ No Doubt to Dream” was a sleep study done by a graduate student named‚ Eugene Aserinsky in 1952. This study was done to determine the average amount of dreaming done by each person in the experiment. His theory was that when rapid eye movements occur that this could be a sign of dreaming. In this study the people participating in it were not allowed to take a naps while being a part of this experiment. This is because they could end up dreaming during the nap which would affect
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Sleeping and Dreaming and Theories of Sleep There are four different stages of sleep and they are number from one to four. Stage one EEG is the only stage that has a different reaction when we are first falling asleep and then when we return to this stage after falling asleep. When falling asleep stage one is called initial stage one EEG when we return to this stage throughout the night after falling asleep it is then called emergent stage one EEG. When we fall asleep we start at stage one then
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Theory Paper Sleep and Dream Professor Spurgeon Trinh Dang 3/18/2014 Sleep and Dream When we sleep‚ we go through five sleep stages. The first stage is a very light sleep from which it is easy to wake up. The second stage moves into a slightly deeper sleep‚ and stages three and four represent our deepest sleep. Our brain activity throughout these stages is gradually slowing down so that by deep sleep. About 90 minutes after we go to sleep and after the fourth sleep stage‚ we begin
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Comparative sleep study of basic A/B control to Evaluate the alternate breathing method Alonzo Marroquin Jr. Abstract This paper explores several published articles that report on results from research conducted on a sleep study over a span of six days that comprised of normal conditions of sleep patterns and the alternate breathing method. Evaluate and suggest if there is any satisfactory evidence on both studies that validate the finding of quality aided sleep. From an investigative
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Speaking- Assignment 2 (Informative speech) Topic: Effects of lack of sleep Organizational order: Topical order Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the effect of lack of sleep for health. Central idea: Lack of sleep or insomnia can lead to several long-term medical conditions. Sleep deprivation can have effects on both your mental and physical health. There are several negative effects of not getting enough sleep. References: Madhura Pandit. (2010). Retrieved August 30‚ 2010‚ from
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Does sleep apnea have a negative affect or positive effect on people’s oral health? Sleep is considered as important as eating and drinking‚ but many condition many conditions such as sleep apnea can disrupt sleep and affect daily routines.” Sleep apnea is a potentially serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts” (Mayo Clinic staff). Sleep Apnea just doesn’t affect the sleeper’s sleep‚ but also his/her’s partner’s sleep if the condition is left untreated. also there are studies
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relationship between REM sleep and memory. I will describe previous research and then investigate how REM and memory are associated in young people and in older people. In some ways‚ the sleep patterns of these two groups are very similar‚ but in some ways they are not. 1a) In a normal brain‚ the period of deep sleep is the first half of sleep and the period of REM sleep is the second half of sleep. The person would return back to the stages 3 and 2 and afterwards to the REM sleep for staying twenty
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The Power of Sleep The body is wonderfully designed to sustain life and endure harsh condition given the proper care and management. Aside from suitable nourishment‚ one essential element of life processes‚ but often underestimated‚ is a good quality sleep. In fact‚ the National Heart‚ Lung‚ and Blood Institute [NHLBI] (2017) cited that roughly 50 to 70 million Americans have sleep disorders with nearly 40% adults reported to accidentally fall asleep during the activity of the day. Normally‚ NHLBI
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very little about sleep and stress‚ and even less about how the two relate. Many people‚ myself included‚ have observed that when we are under stress and need sleep the most‚ it is actually very hard to fall asleep or stay asleep. This had been the extent of my knowledge on the subject before I read “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” by Robert Sapolsky. In this book Sapolsky explains in detail the mechanisms of sleep‚ and how it is affected by stress. Sapolsky describes our sleep as a complex cyclic
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