🗓 Unit 4 - Sleep

Summary

Learning Objectives

• Define consciousness

• Understand sleep and its stages

• Describe theories of why we sleep and dream

• Identify major sleep disorders

Prepare for Today

Readings

• 4.1 What is Consciousness?
• 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
• 4.3 Stages of Sleep
• 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders

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Lecture Slides

Takeaways

• Sleep is an adaptive and cyclical reaction to changes in light when the body rests and brain processes

Today’s Assignment

Sleep & Dream Log Activity

For this assignment, you’ll be keeping track of your sleep habits and your dreams in order to analyze your sleep habits and examine dream theories.

• Assignment: For the next week (Monday to Friday), you will complete a sleep and dream log. To begin, download a copy of the sleep log worksheet.
• Submission: You should complete this worksheet and submit it to the Unit 4 Activity on Canvas before Sunday July 28th at 11:59PM.

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Recommended links for additional learning

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Sleep & the brain	Want to learn more about about science of sleep? This website has more detailed explanations and resources.	Website