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Question 41

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Which of the following statements about sleepwalking disorder is true?

A) There is no genetic link to sleepwalking.
B) Sleepwalking episodes rarely last less than 10 minutes.
C) Sleepwalkers do not respond to other people while sleepwalking.
D) Sleepwalking may be brought on by excessive sleep deprivation, fatigue, stress, illness, or sedatives.

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The increase in the length and frequency of REM sleep episodes that are experienced when a person sleeps for a longer time after a period of sleep deprivation is called the REM ________ effect.

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Restoration and growth take place during the deepest sleep stages.

A new technique to treat sleep apnea, called ________, involves shrinking tissue in the back of the throat with radio-frequency energy.

The type of sleep referred to as ________ eye movement sleep occupies 75 percent of sleep time and involves a four-stage sleep process that cycles throughout the night.

Having an irregular sleep schedule, as most students do, can disrupt sleep and throw off your internal ________ clock.

In a newly identified sleep disorder called ________, affected people are awake when they eat.They binge eat late at night, have difficulty falling asleep, repeatedly awaken during the night and eat again, and then eat very little the next day.

If a person is awakened during stage 1 of NREM sleep, he or she will often deny having been asleep.

A series of sleep ________ tests measures of the number of minutes it takes a person to fall asleep and can help an individual evaluate sleep habits to determine whether to consult a sleep center laboratory for a more thorough analysis.

Scientists have distinguished two main types of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea and ________ sleep apnea.

At which stage of NREM sleep will you feel most groggy if you are suddenly awakened from it?

Memory can be impaired by missing the REM sleep periods that come later in the sleep cycle.

Severe sleep apnea can be treated with ________ positive airway pressure, in which a small, comfortable mask is fitted over the nose to hold the air passage open, and slightly pressurized air is gently blown into the patient's nose.

Person rises out of an apparently deep sleep and acts as if awake

Stage ________ NREM sleep is a transitional, light sleep-a relaxed half-awake stage.

The more common type of sleep apnea is ________ sleep apnea.

The pituitary gland releases

Scientists believe that creative and novel ideas are more likely to flourish during which state of sleep?

Usually ranging from two to three hours, ________ naps are recommended when an individual knows he or she will be going to bed later than usual.

Most young adults have a circadian rhythm that tells them to fall asleep ________ in the evening and to wake up ________ in the morning than older adults.