Week 4 Vocabulary: Consciousness/Sleep

A kind of sleep that occurs at intervals during the night and is characterized by rapid eye movements, more dreaming and bodily movement, and faster pulse and breathing.

• REM Sleep

• NREM Sleep

• Sleep Apnea

• Circadian Rhythms

A disruption of breathing during sleep lasting at least 10 seconds and occurs a minimum of 5 times per hour.

• REM Sleep

• Circadian Rhythms

• Sleep Apnea

• Sleep Terrors

Episodes of screaming, intense fear and flailing while still asleep

• Sleep Apnea

• Narcolepsy

• Sleep Terrors

• Insomnia

A state of sleep that occurs regularly during a normal period of sleep with intervening periods of REM sleep and is characterized by delta wave brain activity, little dreaming, and a reduced level of autonomic physiological activity

• REM Sleep

• NREM Sleep

• Insomnia

• Circadian Rhythms

Chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep.

• Narcolepsy

• Sleep Apnea

• Insomnia

• Somnambulism

A common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep.

• Narcolepsy

• Sleep Apnea

• Insomnia

• Somnambulism

Physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle.

• Circadian Rhythm

• REM Sleep

• NREM Sleep

• Activation-Synthesis Model

Big word for "sleepwalking"

• Somnambulism

• Insomnia

• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

• Narcolepsy