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One of the most powerful environmental cues that keeps our circadian rhythms synchronized
and operating on a 24-hour schedule________?
Bright light, especially sunlight.
People can eventually adapt to sleeping for as
little as four or five hours per night with little or
no cognitive impairment
false
Although this effect is rare, sleep researchers have verified that if a person has a dream in
which he or she falls off a cliff and the dreamer fails to awaken before hitting the bottom, the
dreamer will experience a heart attack and physiological death will occur.
false
Where is the pineal gland located?
In the brain
Consciousness is
our subjective awareness of ourselves and ourenvironment.
A periodic, natural loss of consciousness that
involves distinct stages is known as
sleep
Low doses of alcohol enliven a drinker byacting as a(n)
disinhibitor
, During REM sleep, voluntary muscle activityis suppressed and the sleeper is
essentiallyparalyzed
true
Magicians exploit a phenomenon known as_____, which occurs when we fail to notice_____,
which occurs when we fail to notice something in our clear field of view because our
something in our clear field of view because our limited attentional resources are devoted to
limited attentional resources are devoted to another task or object in the
environment.another task or object in the environment
inattentional blindness
The appearance of sleep spindles and K complexes is a clear sign that the sleeper is in stage 2
NREM sleep.
True
A decrease in the brain's production ofendorphins has been associated with
repeatedendorphins has been associated with repeateduse ofuse of
Opiates
All stages of sleep; NREM 1,2,3,and 4 and REMhave the effect of strengthening memories in
oursleep
true
__ is defined as a cooperative social interactionin which one person responds to
anotherperson's suggestions with changes inperception, memory, and behavior
Hypnosis
The chemical substances that people take to altermood, thinking, sensation, or perception
arecalled
psychoactive drugs
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