Naps:• Americans average 1-2 naps per week, although about 25% of people never nap and 33% nap 4-5 times per weekSleep Disorders:• Insomnia: persistent problems falling and staying asleep• Narcolepsy: uncontrollable sleep attacks• Sleep Apnea: occasionally stop breathing during sleep• Night terrors: high arousal and terrifiedDetect Gender by Smell?• Had men and women wash hands and put latex gloves on for 15 minutes• Then, had male and female participants (blindfolded) try to predict if they were male or female hands• Results: Could distinguish between male and female hands with over 80% accurateSense: Bodily• Stimulus: movement of body; changes in position, gravity• Kinesthetic sense (movement)• Position and movement of individual parts• Vestibular sense (balance) • Position and movement of head (and thus body)• Proprioception- sensation of movement and sense• 15 people have been diagnosed with the lost of proprioception, no sensation from the neck
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