Sleep Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Our awareness of all objects and events in the external world, as well as our sensations, mental experiences and our sense of our own existence
  2. 3. Age group that gets the most REM sleep
  3. 9. Brainwave pattern associated with high alertness and intensive mental activity
  4. 10. Brainwave pattern associated with feeling awake but relaxed and becoming internally focused
  5. 13. A device that detects, amplifies and records electrical activity produced by brain neurons near the scalp
  6. 15. Brainwave pattern often associated with falling asleep
  7. 16. Abbreviation used to describe a state of awareness usually associated with being awake
  8. 17. Abbreviation used to describe a state of awareness different to normal waking consciousness
  9. 22. Abbreviation for the three stages of sleep not associated with fast eye movements
  10. 23. A device that detects, amplifies and records electrical activity produced by muscles that control eye movements
  11. 24. The lightest of all stages of sleep that is usually entered first
  12. 25. wake cycle shift The hormonally-induced shift of the body clock in adolescence (making adolescents sleepier 1-2 hours later)
Down
  1. 2. A type of biological rhythm that changes as part of a 24-hour cycle
  2. 4. An innate timing mechanism that regulates the cycle of biological rhythms within the body
  3. 5. The master biological clock that regulates the timing and activity of the sleep–wake cycle, as well as all other peripheral clocks involved with circadian rhythms
  4. 6. A regularly occurring natural ASC that results in a partial or total suspension of conscious awareness
  5. 7. Sleep that is owed and needs to be made up
  6. 8. The hormone that is involved in the initiation of sleep and in the regulation of the sleep–wake cycle
  7. 11. Type of sleep strongly associated with dreaming and involving fast eye movements
  8. 12. Brainwave activity associated with deeper sleep or degrees of unconsciousness
  9. 14. A device that detects, amplifies and records electrical activity in voluntary muscles such as in the jaw, arms and legs
  10. 18. Also known as slow-wave sleep or deep sleep
  11. 19. A biological rhythm that involves changes that occur as part of a cycle shorter than 24 hours
  12. 20. A stage of sleep associated with increasing levels of drowsiness and increased muscle relaxation
  13. 21. Older adults 65+ get this type of sleep the least of any age group