13 Questions
What is the gold-standard approach for assessing sleep stages?
Polysomnography (PSG)
What is the nature of the measurement approach used in sleep assessments through PSG?
Requires specially equipped sleep laboratories
What does EEG stand for in the context of assessing sleep stages?
Electroencephalography
Which technology relies on heart rate and accelerometry measures to assess sleep stages?
Fitbit technology
Which dimension of sleep is particularly important for mental health, with individuals reporting greater prevalence of anxiety and depression when they perceive their sleep to be of low quality?
Sleep continuity
What aspect of sleep reflects the ability to maintain attentive wakefulness during the day?
Alertness
Which aspect of sleep can be characterized as the absence of an individual's ability to maintain attentive wakefulness during the day if poor sleep occurs?
Alertness
What is an important factor in risks associated with accidents, poor academic performance, and medication errors?
Alertness
Which aspect of sleep has been associated with adverse cardiometabolic health outcomes and greater risk of obesity?
Sleep timing
What aspect of sleep reflects the ease of falling and returning to sleep as well as sleeping throughout the night without waking up?
Sleep continuity
Which aspect of sleep refers to the placement of sleep within the 24-hour day, including the timing of going to bed/waking up and the midpoint of sleep time?
Sleep timing
'An individual may still report perceiving the sleep to be of low quality' even if they sleep for a long duration.
NREM Sleep stages
What is particularly important for mental health, with individuals who chronically report poor quality sleep exhibiting greater prevalence of anxiety and depression?
NREM Sleep stages
Test your knowledge on identifying the sleep stage where a person starts to 'nod off' while watching TV, and the corresponding EEG activity featuring alpha rhythm. Learn about the distinctive characteristics of EEG activity within the 8 to 13 hertz range during this stage.
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