Now imagine you have a patient who is chronically sleep depr…
Now imagine you have a patient who is chronically sleep deprived, but does not fully understand how this can affect them. Provide two specific examples of psychological or physiological effects of sleep deprivation that you think your patient should know about. Next, provide at least two examples of how the “architecture” of your patient’s nighttime sleep (REM and/or non-REM) could change in response to chronic sleep deprivation. For both parts be sure to use your own words, and be as specific as possible. The information in you provide should come from the chapter module and/or Perusall Assignment #7.
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In a series of experiments in rats, Weingarten et al. repeatedly paired a light/buzzer stimulus with the presentation of food over a period of 11 days. After this training period, they made food freely available to the rats and randomly presented the light/buzzer. What did they find?
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