2. Consciousness â refers to different levels of awareness of oneâs thoughts and feelings. It may include creating images in oneâs mind, following oneâs thought processes, or having unique emotional experiences, all of which are part of consciousness.
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4. Stage 1- the lightest stage of sleep. In it, you gradually lose responsiveness to stimuli and experience drifting thoughts and images. Stage 2- marks the beginning of what we know as sleep. Stage 3 & 4- which is often considered as the deepest sleep because it is the most difficult from which to be awakened.
5. REM Sleep- It stands for ârapid eye movementâ because your eyes move rapidly back and forth behind closed lids. During REM, your body is physiologically aroused, but all your voluntary muscles are paralyzed, called âparadoxical sleepâ. REM sleep is highly associated with dreaming.
6. Theories of sleep Repair Theory-suggests that during the day deplete key factors in our brain or body that are replenished or repaired by sleep. - says that sleep is primarily a restorative process. Adaptive Theory-suggests that sleep evolved because it prevented early humans and animals from wasting energy and exposing themselves to the dangers of nocturnal predators.