Non-rapid eye movement sleep

Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health The young college student is lost. The last few weeks have taken a toll on his body and his mind. After spending countless hours studying for tests and continuously completing homework assignments, he attempts to focus and complete his seven page extra-credit assignment, but to no avail. His head feels heavy, and he cannot focus on once easy tasks and is constantly exhausted. Although it is not natural, he is not the only one who faces the same problem.…

Introduction “Wishes suppressed during the day assert themselves in dreams (Freud, The Interpretations of Dreams, 1999)." Most of us, if not all, have experienced waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat and paranoid, looking around the room to see if there is someone else in the room. Most of us have spent the day worrying about something nerve racking and then having that show up in our dreams. Most people dream at least 4 to 6 times per night during the REM stage, although we…

Basically, dreams are images created in the brain during sleep that can incorporate different senses. Considered the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud is one of the most well-known names of psychology. His theory on why people dream was created around 1899 and is still widely accepted, yet there is little…

be successful. Severely limiting intake and increasing the amount of water you ingest will work to reduce your weight over the course of a week while sustaining this practice will cause even more weight loss. When adhering to the plan, focusing on sleep, diet, and exercise will work, but it is a very drastic mean…

pregelatinised maize, maicrocrystaline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, providone and magnesium stearate (Medsafe, 2015). Indications: Modavigil ® is indicated as a treatment for excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcoplasy, obstructive sleep anoea/hypopnoea syndrome in order to improve wakefulness. Due to its wake- promoting effect it can be given to treat…

important study by Barger, Flynn-Evans, Czeisler, et al.25 examined the sleep deficiency and medication use among astronauts. The objective of the study was “to characterize representative sleep patterns of astronauts on both short-duration and long-duration spaceflight missions”.25 The authors conducted an observational study that examined the ISS and space shuttle missions. To assess sleep, the authors utilized actigraphy and sleep logs, which collected data three months before the space…

Cell Phones, Electromagnetic Radiation, and Cancer Gherny Buaiz Universidad Del Turabo Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez ENGL 331 Prof.: Angie Rivera Noble December 01, 2016 Abstract The use of mobile phones has increased in recent times and with them the issue of the implications for human health. These concerns have led to a large volume of research studies. This time I intend to offer a review of the possible negative and positive biological effects of cell phone radiation on…

The best treatment for a concussion is sleep, specifically deep rapid eye movement sessions (REM). REM sessions are the stage of sleep in which the brain heals, resets, and calms. Overactive brains, especially when damaged, are deadly. Previously, it was thought that a concussive brain would die in REM sessions; however, research disproved…

physiological symptoms of bereavement. Psychological symptoms included but was not limited to inactivity, preoccupation, social withdrawal, depression, and anxiety (Hofer, 1984). Physiological symptoms included but was not limited to muscular weakness, sleep disturbance, lower body weight, and endocrine changes (Hofer, 1984). Hofer (1984) also distinguished between acute and chronic bereavement. Acute bereavement is brief, as it comes and goes within minutes, but the chronic is more…

effects last longer. When smoked, Marijuana can take only a few seconds to a few minutes to feel the effects but the “high” doesn’t last as long as the edibles. Marijuana has a lot of benefits and beneficial effects on people, some medical and some non-medical. Marijuana can keep you skinny and help your metabolism. Even though a lot of people think that potheads and stoners would be fat because of the strong craving for food people get when they smoke marijuana “a study published in the…