Stage 4 for normal sleep walking in children and adolescents. Sleep walking is not normal at any stage for adults and is usually related to polydrugging, sleep deprivation and using Ambien - off label and sometimes according to directions. We cycle 1 2 3 4 3 2 REM 2 3 4 3 REM 2 3 2 REM 2 REM 2 REM 2 until the end of the night...REM replaces stage 1 which only occurs at the beginning of sleep.
Nancy Melucci LBCC L B C -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 3:16 pm Subject: [tips] Sleep question I had a student who asked me when in the sleep cycle people are most likely to sleep walk. Also, here is a question I am fuzzy on despite reading everything I could find: We start with stage 1, go to 2, 3, 4, 5(REM) and then what happens? Do we ease back up backwards, 4,3,2,1 or do we go from 5 to 1 and start over again? I can't find a definitive answer--most of the intro books just have the cyclic chart that doesn't help define that. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
