My favorite thing I learned in this chapter was about the circadian rhythms, which are the regular bodily rhythms. This affects me because if I were to pull an all-nighter it would affect my circadian rhythm. I also learned that I go through 5 sleep stages in about 90 minutes. This is interesting to know because now I know what I go through in each stage of sleeping. So now I know which stage dreaming occurs, which is usually the fifth stage.
I found that hypnosis can help relieve pain, which surprised me. I never realized that hypnosis could help a person. Also, I was surprised to learn that not very many people have dreams of sexual content. I just thought that a lot of people have dreams like this, especially guys.
I definitely agree that a decrease of sleep can cause fatigue and impairs concentration due to the fact that I have experienced this myself. On days at school when I slept very little the night before, I am very tired and can barely concentrate on any of my homework. Then I usually end up taking a nap in class. So I also agree that a good night’s sleep promotes creative problem-solving the next day due to the fact that when I’ve had enough sleep I can think faster and more creative as well. However, I disagree with the functions of dreams stated in this chapter. I simply do not think that dreams mean a whole lot. Yeah sure I have dreams and they make me wonder about why I had those dreams, but I don’t think they have any special meaning to them. To put it bluntly, I do not believe that dreams mean something special or that dreams come true.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment