STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
SLEEP PATTERNS AND SLEEP THEORIES
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Biologically and psychologically
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Genetically and culturally
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Psychologically and socially
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Socially and culturally
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both normal sleep and several types of sleep disturbances have been found to have significant genetic influences, as have traits of normal sleep, such as those evident in EEG patterns and the circadian sleep-wake cycle.
Detailed explanation-2: -The genes that may cause insomnia are tied to the same processes that regulate your sleep-wake cycle, and whether you feel awake and alert, or sleepy and relaxed. These genes may affect hormones and neurotransmitters involved in your circadian rhythm, such as serotonin, adenosine, GABA, and hypocretin/orexin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Another study, carried out by the OECD in 2009, indicated that the average French person sleeps almost 9 hours a night, closely followed by Americans and Spaniards (with 8.5 hours), while Koreans and Japanese languish at the bottom of the list with substantially less than 8 hours.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sleep patterns often run in families, and researchers have been identifying genes that influence them.