Biological Rhythms A01

Outline somnambulism (4).

Outline the incomplete arousal explanation for somnambulism (4).

Define insomnia (2).

Outline one explanation of primary insomnia (2).

Outline a cause for secondary insomnia (4).

Define narcolepsy (2).

Outline the REM explanation for narcolepsy (2).

Outline the hypocretin explanation for narcolepsy (4).

Define the ecological approach (2).

Outline foraging requirements as an explanation for the function of sleep (2).

Outline predator avoidance as an explanation for the function of sleep (4).

Outline Oswald's theory of the restorative functions of sleep (4).

Outline Horne's theory of the functions of restorative sleep (4).

Outline the sleep-wake cycle (8).

Outline sleep during infancy (2).

Outline sleep during childhood (2).

Outline sleep during adolescence (2).

Outline sleep in the elderly (2).

Outline the SCN as an endogenous pacemaker (4).

Outline exogenous zeitgebers (4).

Outline the disruption of biological rhythms (2).

Outline shift work (2).

Outline infradian rhythms (2).

Outline the menstrual cycle (2).

Outline Seasonal Affective Disorder (4).

Define free running (2).

Define ultradian rhythm (2).

Outline jet lag (4).