The structure in the forebrain that relays sensory information to the appropriate sensory areas in the brain and is also thought to integrate sensory information is the:

In one stage of sleep, the sleeper is farther away from waking consciousness than in any other stage.  This deepest stage of sleep defined by very low EEG activity and indicated by slow delta waves is __________ sleep.

During final exams week, Maria is only getting 2 or 3 hours of sleep each night due to staying up late preparing for exams.  What change in Maria’s sleep cycle might we predict for a few nights when she gets back to her normal amount of nightly sleep?

The part of the neuron that transmits outgoing messages either to another neuron or to a muscle or gland is the:

Mary falls asleep after a long day at work and an evening of college classes. About an hour and a half after she falls asleep, her brain activity increases to resemble that of an awake person, and she enters a period of vivid dreams. She is most likely entering __________ sleep.

Consider the following brain image.   What region of the brain is believed to be most involved in critical thinking, decision making, and other higher-order thought processes?

During a full night’s sleep for a young adult, REM sleep makes up about __________ of all sleep.

When a person performs perceptual tasks like viewing and appreciating works of art in a museum, she is likely processing the perceptions more in her __________, whereas when a person performs language or mathematical tasks, she is likely depending more on her __________.

A TV news reporter states, “A new major university study has just found that playing violent video games causes children to be more disruptive in the classroom compared to children who are not allowed to play violent video games.” Being a wise consumer of research conclusions, the single most important thing you should do next is to:

Sleep patterns change across the life-span in that: