States of Consciousness (Psychology)

Recall cards on consciousness and sleep. Consciousness and wakefulness; biological and circadian rhythms, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, melatonin and the pineal gland, chronotype, jet lag, shift work, and sleep debt. Why we sleep: circadian and homeostatic control, the thalamus, hypothalamus, and pons, adaptive and evolutionary theories, and memory consolidation. Stages of sleep: the EEG, brain wave frequency and amplitude, beta, alpha, theta, and delta waves, NREM stages N1 to N3, sleep spindles and K-complexes, REM and paradoxical sleep, REM rebound, and dreaming (Freud's manifest and latent content, Jung's collective unconscious, activation-synthesis, and lucid dreams). Sleep problems and disorders: insomnia, parasomnias, sleepwalking, REM sleep behavior disorder, restless leg syndrome, night terrors, sleep apnea, SIDS, narcolepsy, and cataplexy. Substance use and abuse: dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal, and the depressant, stimulant, opioid, and hallucinogen drug classes. And other states of consciousness: hypnosis and meditation.