Sleep

their family and because of that they become sleep deprived. College students who stay up all night and party lose a lot of sleep, and sleep deprivation has many bad effects on college students. Sleep is very important for everyone, it is a human need. Without sleep, many problems can be caused especially when a person does not get enough sleep that person will have less attention and less aware of what is going on around them. For college students, sleep deprivation makes it really hard to…

Sleep Deprivation: A B-List Killer “Sleep is the best meditation,” as the Dalai Lama once said. From time to time, everyone wakes up feeling groggy, irritated, stressed and sick. Most blame it on being run-down from all the work they’ve been doing, some blame it on their lack of sleep and having to go to bed too late and having to wake up too early. Despite there being an understanding of the negative effects of sleep deprivation, the average American does not understand them completely,…

The Risk Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome? By Wellyn Leu | Submitted On January 09, 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Wellyn Leu Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome…

REM Behavior Disorder and Sleep Summary REM behavior disorder is a sleeping disorder in which individuals physically act out during the course of their dreams. The behaviors can range from a minimal level of inconvenience such as somniloquy, which is the technical term for sleep talking, to an extreme, physical level of violently lashing out and consequently injuring themselves or others around them. Furthermore, the brainwave activity during the REM stage of sleep in people with RBD resembles…

Sleep deprivation continues to be a growing issue regarding a student’s academic performance. Many students in all types of education are experiencing inadequate sleep as they are obtaining about one and a half hours less than the recommended sleep duration of eight and a half hours. (Lund, Reider, Whiting and Prichard, 2010). The cause of this issue is often due to excessive workloads and academic stress that induce problems in a student’s sleep schedule. However, continuously experiencing poor…

Sleep and memory are complex acts of the human experience that still to this day are not initially understood. Many studies have suggested that sleep helps learning and memory in various ways. One example, a sleep-deprived person cannot focus attention optimally and therefore cannot learn efficiently. Secondly sleep itself has a role in the consolidation of memory, which is essential for learning new information. Three Main Functions Are Acquisition. Consolidation and Recall. All of these steps…

article "Why Do We Need Sleep?,” it explains the importance of getting enough sleep for an every individual. Starting with the importance, the article details how sleep plays a big role in a person's physical health. It states that one of the vital roles of sleep is to helps us sodify and consolidate memories. The article goes on to briefly explain how much sleep do we really need and the consistency of normal habitual sleep. According to this article, adults need 7-9 hours of sleep per night,…

Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a condition where respiration stops for an extended period of time during sleep. This is generally caused by excessive relaxation of the soft tissues of the oropharynx and muscles of facial expression and mastication obstructing the airway. It has been theorized that the potentially life threatening Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), directly and indirectly influences Periodontal disease. Literature Review Signs and symptoms of OSAS consist of snoring, abrupt…

Before we explain what Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder (CRSD) we need to define circadian rhythm. Our bodies function according to a cycle, a sort of biological clock, located in the part of the brain part of the called the hypothalamus. The circadian rhythms are regular changes in mental and physical characteristics that occur in the course of a day (circadian is Latin for "around a day"). Light causes signals to be sent to several regions of the brain which causes the body to switch on and off…

In Chapter three I found the sleeping stages very interesting. I think that it is amazing that there are four total stages of sleep once you start sleeping. Also, it is cool that about every ninety minutes, you cycle through four distinct sleep stages. Out of all the stages the one that caught my attention the most was the last stage, the REM stage. This stage surprised me the most because it said that this stage arouses people the most, especially if you were to have a nightmare. Which it said…