Narcolepsy
Amount of sleep a graduate student should receive
Sleepwalking
Average amount of sleep newborns receive
Nightmares
Amount of time Humans approximately spend their lives sleeping
Insomnia
This cycle lasts approximately 24.18 hours in humans
Amount of sleep of people over the age of 70 should receive
Amount of sleep an average 16 year old should receive
Night Terrors
Sleep Apnea
Biological Clock
10-11
Circadian Rhythm
An organism’s innate timing device composed of specific molecules (proteins) that interact in cells throughout the body
a lifelong disorder of the central nervous system characterized by the brain’s inability to control sleep-wake cycles
1/3
8
5
unpleasant dreams
a sleep disruption that causes screaming, sweating, confusion, and a rapid heart rate
the difficulty of falling asleep or staying asleep, even when a person has the chance to do so
16
walking or carrying out behaviors while asleep
a common and serious sleep disorder that causes you to stop breathing during sleep
