Restoration theory of sleep
Oswald and Hornes Restoration Theory
- Created by: Jodie-Leigh
- Created on: 31-05-14 00:34
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- Restoration Theory
- Oswald (1966)
- AO1
- Every sleep stage is essential
- Stages 1-4: Restoration of the body
- REM: Restoration of the brain
- Effects of sleep deprivation: Irritability, Impaired moral judgement, cognitive impariment, tremors and aches
- Physical and Mental effects
- Every sleep stage is essential
- AO2
- Sleep patterns of runners - slept for an extra hour for 2 nights following a marathon - also increase SWS
- IDA
- RLA: Advise athletes on importance of sleep to repair body tissues and muscles - short sleep cycles after training
- Explains why babies sleep for up to 18hrs per day - encourage parents to allow them to sleep
- AO1
- Horne (1988)
- AO1
- 'Core sleep' = SWS 4 and REM are essential for brain restoratiom
- SWS 1-3 aren't essential
- Restoration of the body occurs whilst awake and resting
- AO1
- 'Core sleep' = SWS 4 and REM are essential for brain restoratiom
- SWS 1-3 aren't essential
- Restoration of the body occurs whilst awake and resting
- Restoration of the body occurs whilst awake and resting
- AO1
- Restoration of the body occurs whilst awake and resting
- AO2
- Jouvert - places cats on plant pots, balance during NREM,but fell off into the water when they went into REM, so they were REM deprived.
- Cats became distressed and died after around 35 days
- Fatal familiar insomnia - usually die within a year
- Rare-hard to generalise
- Doesn't prove causal relationship
- Randy Gardner
- 17yr old school boy, broke the record by staying awake for 264hrs and 12 minutes (over 11 days)
- Aim: Study effects of sleep dep. Researchers read about the attempt and contacted him to monitor him at regular intervals during and after the attempt
- By day 2 - trouble focusing his vision. Day 3 - experiencing emotional fluctuations and coordination trouble. Day 7 - Experiencing paranoia, hallucinations and memory lapses, also felt physically jaded.
- Not EEG monitored - may have had micro sleep
- Jouvert - places cats on plant pots, balance during NREM,but fell off into the water when they went into REM, so they were REM deprived.
- IDA
- Shows importance of good quality sleep
- Case study
- Randy Gardner
- 17yr old school boy, broke the record by staying awake for 264hrs and 12 minutes (over 11 days)
- Aim: Study effects of sleep dep. Researchers read about the attempt and contacted him to monitor him at regular intervals during and after the attempt
- By day 2 - trouble focusing his vision. Day 3 - experiencing emotional fluctuations and coordination trouble. Day 7 - Experiencing paranoia, hallucinations and memory lapses, also felt physically jaded.
- Not EEG monitored - may have had micro sleep
- AO1
- Oswald (1966)
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