Across
- 4. Suggests that in the brain engages in a lot of neural activity that is random. Dreams make sense of this activity.(hyphen included)
- 9. brain slows down, low-amplitude mixed-frequency (two words)
- 11. talking during sleep without being aware of it.
- 12. deep sleep,at the end of this stage is when children start sleep walking, wet the bed and night terrors occur(two words)
- 13. periodic,natural loss of consciousness as distinct from unconsciousness
- 16. biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle (two words)
- 19. a frightening or unpleasant dream.
- 20. a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep.
- 21. non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep
- 22. high arousal and an appearance of being terrified (two words)
- 24. the remembered storyline of a dream
- 26. the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (two words)
- 27. slow delta waves (two words)
Down
- 1. our awareness of ourselves and our environment
- 2. underlying meaning of the dream
- 3. the idea that when wishes can't or won't be fulfilled in our waking lives, they are carried out in dreams. (two words)
- 5. getting up and walking around while in a state of sleep.
- 6. sleep spindles (two words)
- 7. sleep inducing hormone
- 8. slow brain waves in our awake but relaxed state (two words)
- 10. maintains that hypnosis is a special altered state of consciousness. (two words)
- 14. Dreams may help sift, sort, and fix day's experiences in our memories.(hypen included)
- 15. a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.
- 17. uncontrollable sleep attacks. the sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times
- 18. recurring problems in falling or staying asleep.
- 23. rapid eye movement sleep; is a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur.
- 25. a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through notable for their hallucinatory imagery, discontinuities, and incongruities, and for the dreamer's delusional acceptance of the content and later difficulties remembering it.