SNOOZE CLUES

Put your reading skills to the test in this puzzle! All the information (words and their clues) can be found throughout the newsletter.

Word Bank
Circadian Rhythm, Consciousness, Dream, Eight, Hallucinations, Insomnia, Latent Content, Manifest Content, Narcolepsy, Night Terrors, REM Sleep, Sleep, Sleep Apnea, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4

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4. The biological clock.

5. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.

9. Average amount of hours of sleep you're supposed to get each night.

11. Generates delta waves. Blood pressure, heart rate, & respiration slow.

13. An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation.

15. The unconscious wishes, thoughts, and urges that are concealed in the manifest content of a dream.

16. Deepest stage of sleep, REM occurs at this time.

17. The stage in which sleep spindles occur, as well as sleep talking.

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1. A series of mental images and emotions that occur during sleep.

2. Remembered story line of a dream.

3. Sensory experiences without sensory stimuli.

6. A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks.

7. A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified.

8. A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings.

10. Dreams occur during this time. Also called "Paradoxical Sleep."

12. The inability to sleep.

14. Lightest stage of sleep. Brain produces theta waves.

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