Non-rapid eye movement sleep

Why do we dream? This unanswered question has been puzzling the masses for thousands of years. But answering this question is easier said than done because to this day we are still unsure, in spite of this science working alongside psychology has been able to piece together several informative and fascinating documentations of why they think we dream. The history of dreams, modern man was not the first to develop the obsession for analyzing our dreams, dream interpretations go back several…

Though there are many things that I have learned after reading through 11 chapters of the textbook, the module that stands out to me the most is the 7th. Module 7 is about sleep and dreams and it’s actually quite fascinating to read about. It pretty much explained everything from the basic biology of sleeping all the way through how dreams have to do with personal life. There is a difference between sleeping and dreaming and you don’t need one to have the other. Dreaming while not sleeping is…

during certain stages of sleep. Most occurring during rapid-eye movement or REM—when brain activity is high and resembles being awake. Many believe that dreams are a connection to an individual’s subconscious. Sigmund Freud, a scientist in the early 1900s performed extensive studies on dreams, including their interpretation, why they occur, and what they indicate. In addition, people have done extensive research and established a connection between dreams and certain sleep disorders. Freud…

The biological approach relates to sleep as it’s theories involve bodily processes and functions. The biological approach explores events that occur within the body. Sleep is important as our bodies need sleep to function as certain functions are restored within the body. The biological approach states that sleep occurs in a circadian rhythm known as the sleep-wake cycle occurs over a 24-hour period. The hypothalamus is located in the brain and contains the superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN) which…

actually happens, in fact it is such a crucial part of our health we could not function day to day without it. Our bodies break our sleep up into five stages. The final stage is rapid eye movement (REM), and also the most important. According to the National Institute of Health, “During REM sleep, your brain and body are energized and dreaming occurs” (What is). REM sleep is triggered by signals sent to different areas of our brain, these signals are primarily sent to our cerebral cortex. The…

Sleep Paralysis and The Paranormal Sleep paralysis itself has been around for many centuries. However, with the development of cultures and more people sharing their experiences, sleep paralysis now has many theories relating to the paranormal surrounding it. This paper will explore various supernatural theories, including the paranormal and alien abductions, along with the lasting trauma people face after having a sleep paralysis episode. Sleep paralysis is known to be common during sleep.…

We sleep for about a third of our lives, babies for up to 20 hours a day, adolescents up to 12, even adults 7 to 8 hrs. We are finding out more and more about the structure of sleep. The most puzzling aspect of sleep is dreaming. Why does the brain generate images and action while we sleep, even when most of the brain’s activity decreases? You’re at a party and everyone seems to be having a good time except you, because they’re all talking in a foreign language. The person who is…

unimportant memories the brain collects during one’s daily activity. This helps the brain deposit “minor sensory details”, such as an unrecognizable face in a large crowd, and keep “major sensory details”, such as important information for a test. Sleep helps the brain get…

J. Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley were first created with this theory in 1977 (Cherry, 2017). The theory proposes that brain activation during REM sleep causes dreaming. The brain makes the neurons fire and the interpretations of the neurons are what causes the visual aspect of the dream and when the limbic system is added to the visual it brings emotion into the dream (Myers & DeWall, 2014). As a…

definition of a dream is when there is a very small amount of brain activity and there is no sense of self-awareness. Most dreaming occurs in the REM (rapid eye movement) stage. This is the stage during which accelerated respiration and heart rate, muscle relaxation, and increased brain activity occurs. This stage is also called paradoxical sleep. During a dream, the dreamer experiences an incredibly lifelike ordeal, and the shutting down of the self-awareness causes them to encounter the dream…