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The Nature of Sleep
This topic includes
Sleep stages
Lifespan
changes
“Outline the nature of sleep” ( 4 marks or 8 marks)
“Outline and evaluate the nature of sleep including lifespan changes” (8 + 16)
“Outline
lifespan changes in
sleep”
( 4 marks or 8 marks)Slide2
Quiz on the
sleep stages
Two minutes to look over your workSlide3
The Nature of Sleep
When we are awake our brain waves are of ____ __________
What type of waves are characterised by the EEG in stage one?
What two changes begin to happen physically to the body in stage one?
The Hypnogogic state in stage one may involve what?
What waves occur in Stage 2?What is a sleep spindle?At what stage is if difficult to wake someone and sleep walking is most likely to occur?What is released in stage 4?REM or stage 5 features what type of waves?Dreaming is most likely to occur at which stage?Why is REM sleep known as paradoxical sleep?Slide4
Answers
High Frequency
Alpha
Lowering of body temperature and heartrate/Blood pressure
Hallucinations
Beta wavesPeak or cluster of high frequency brain wavesStage 4Growth hormonesHigh Frequency wavesREM sleep or stage 5Eyes and brain are active but body in a state of paralysesSlide5
Why do we sleep?
Why is sleep important?
What might the approaches suggest about why we sleep?Slide6
The nature of sleep allows for particular benefits, such as body repair and brain
recovery
For
instance, the growth hormone released during the 4
th
stage of sleep enables protein synthesis and cell growth to take place. This is important in the restoration of body tissue because proteins are fragile and must be constantly replaced. (Sassin et al)Similarly, REM sleep in the 5th stage of the Basic Rest-Activity cycle enables brain recovery.Babies have approximately 50% REM sleep, whereas adult have nearer to 25% which is linked to babies’ rapid brain growth. (Siegal)This suggests that there are functions of neural development behind the nature of sleep and its stages.Slide7
Outline the nature of sleep.
(8 marks)
Key detail from the
markscheme
The
nature of sleep conventionally refers to the basic characteristics of sleep. These include its circadian periodicity, the different phases and stages of sleep (REM and NREM, or REM and SWS), the association between REM sleep and dreaming etc.Different sleep patterns across the lifespan or across the animal kingdom would also be relevant. Given the problem of defining the ‘nature
’ of sleep, a wide range of material could be relevant. These include the functions of
sleep, sleep disorders, brain mechanisms of sleep and sleep as a biological rhythm.