In Greek Mythology, Hypnos (Sleep) and Thantos (Death) were considered brothers, both being born of the same mother, Nyx (Night). ... ROMEO: I dream'd a dream to-night. ... When Romeo goes to visit the Friar in Act II, he has been up all night visiting with Juliet and the Friar sees that he is unrested. ... Romeo and Juliet love has also started them on a course where peaceful night time slumber will be a thing of the past. ... Ironically he speaks of a dream he had that night, "If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand" (Act V,I)...

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Most individuals will experience about 4 to 5 cycles a night (Davidmann, 1998). This is why humans are more apt to wake up at specific times in the night and not sporadically (most people do not notice this however). ... Usually, a fully-grown person has about 4 to 5 cycles of REM sleep, consisting of about 25% of a night's sleep. ... As I previously stated, a person would go through the sleep stage cycle four to five times a night, hence four to five dreams per night. ... The super conscious dream, lucid dream, nightmares, night terrors, sexual dreams, repetitive dreams, and the plain su...

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As night passes, the levels of deep sleep become longer and longer. Over the course of a night, four or five periods of REM sleep occur. ... About one quarter of the night is spent in REM sleep, more is in the second half of the night. Until recently it was assumed that dreaming was a rare occurrence during the night. ... (Hobson 100) Most adults spend 20 to 25 percent of the night in REM sleep. ...

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We go through this cycle around 4 to 5 times during an 8 hours period of sleep during the night. ... Typically the 1st half of the night has more NREM sleep then the second half of the night. ... REM tends to being 1.5 hours after we fall asleep and returns 4 or 5 times a night, becoming more frequent and longer as the night progresses. It is during REM sleep that most vivid night dreaming occur. ... If they are woken they often feel groggy and disorientated NREM Stage 4 Heart rate, blood pressure and body temp are at their lowest and our muscles are completely relaxed and we barely move Del...

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If this disorder goes untreated the person can stop breathing repeatedly during the night sometimes up to a hundred times ("Sleep Disorders."). ... Another contributing factor to having a bad nights rest is night shift work. By working at night instead of the day you change your natural internal clock or sleep pattern that is designed to rest during the night. ... No one knows your body as well as you do and if you know that you work better with a lot of sleep and go to bed at the same time every night, it will help you sleep better during the night. ... By starting each morning with yoga, run...

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Sleepwalking, night terrors, and REM sleep behavior disorders are only a few of them. Sleepwalking and night terrors are more common in small children rather than adults. ... The emotions experienced during night terrors are much more intense than that of a regular nightmare. The first notions of a night terror is restlessness, sweating, and an increased heart rate. ... Like night terrors, nightmares also produce spontaneous awakenings in the dreamer. ...

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It still feels like a fresh nightmare that just happened last night. ... I went right to the bathroom and showered off the sweaty night of dancing. ... It was like any other night, where you go to bed and wake up. ... She was breathing weird last night and, and, and, now she's dead!... The night before I wrote her a letter and slipped it into the casket at this moment. ...

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REM sleep occurs every 90 - 100 minutes, about 3 to 4 times a night, and lasts longer as the night progresses. ... Less vivid dreams occur at other times during the night. ... The night of your dream, keep a pad of paper and pen and a couple of pencils by your bed. Date the paper the night before. When you awake, in the night or in the morning, write something down. ...

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Insomnia is a distressing condition that affects not only the ability to sleep adequately at night, but also to function effectively during one's desired waking time that may affect their psychological and physical well-being. ... Therefore, the hypnotic activity of Zolpidem has also been explored in different patient populations and assessment included both objective and subjective measures of hypnotic efficacy for different treatment durations, with results confirming that ten milligrams is superior to placebo. (2) Consequently, according to the update of Zolpidem's pharmacology do...

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Everyday memory Memory is thought of as a thing, as a filing system, as a library, as a computer database. But memory is far more complex than that. Memory is about ourselves. About who we are. About what we want. ...

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The progression of NREM sleep to REM sleep occurs cyclically throughout the duration of a nights' sleep with a healthy individual entering REM sleep every 90 minutes up to a total of 4-5 times per night. ... Secondly, such disturbances should become progressively worse as wakefulness continues and finally, the eventual cessation of deprivation should result in the individual experiencing an increase in sleep duration for the following night (Pinel, 1999). ...

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REM (Rapid Eye Movements) sleep paradoxical sleep - Deep sleep but with specific waves REM waves - high frequency, low amplitude waves - Total loss of muscle tension but rapid eye and sometimes muscle movements - Irregular breathing rate - Irregular pulse rate - Rapid eye movements - beta waves have a high frequency and occur when the brain is quite active, both in REM sleep and while awake - frequent bursts of rapid eye movement, along with occasional muscular twitches - heart may beat faster and breathing may become shallow and rapid - most vivid dreaming occurs during...

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