States of Consciousness

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Across
  1. 4. Chemical substances that alter perceptions and moods
  2. 8. Regular brain stimulation from REM may help develop and preserve neural pathways
  3. 11. Excessive daytime sleepiness and falling asleep randomly, but not entering REM
  4. 12. Drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input
  5. 14. Believed that dreams provide a “psychic safety valve”-Expressing otherwise unacceptable feelings
  6. 15. Dream content reflects dreamers’ cognitive development- their knowledge and understanding
  7. 18. Uncomfortable sensations in legs causing movement and loss of sleep
  8. 19. A stop in breathing for nearly 10 seconds or more while sleeping, followed by difficulty breathing
  9. 22. Dreams help us sort out the day’s events and consolidate our memories
Down
  1. 1. Painful cramps in the calf or foot muscles during sleep
  2. 2. The study of the forces that control the body at different times of the day, month, or year
  3. 3. Caffeine,Nicotine and Amphetamines are all drugs that excite neural activity and speed up bodily functions
  4. 5. REM sleep triggers neutral activity that evokes random visual memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories
  5. 6. Your awareness of everything that is going on around you and inside your own head at any given moment
  6. 7. The regular bodily rhythms or changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle
  7. 9. The inability to get sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep
  8. 10. Processing that happens without conscious awareness and you perform an action without even being aware of it
  9. 13. Bad dreams that take place during REM sleepWalking Sitting, walking, or performing complex behaviors while in NREM 3
  10. 16. When your eyes are moving about in all directions within the eye sockets and you can’t awaken unless your name is called or a lot of noise is made
  11. 17. Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow bodily functions
  12. 20. Uncontrolled falling asleep; immediately into REM sleep without warning
  13. 21. Processing Conscious when you are aware of your thought process and are focusing your full attention on the task at hand.