Sleep and Dreaming

Series: Films at the Frontiers of Psychological Inquiry Series

Duration: 0:14:00

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Houghton-Mifflin Prod | James B. Maas

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Illustrates standard research techniques used to study the stages of wakefulness, sleep, and dreaming in humans. Discusses deep to light sleeping patterns and the four stages of sleep, indicating that the most active dreaming occurs in the fourth stage. Demonstrates the placement of electrodes on a subject's head and the use of a polygraph to record such responses as EEG patterns and eye movements.

Complete Record: , Illustrates standard research techniques used to study the stages of wakefulness, sleep, and dreaming in humans. Discusses deep to light sleeping patterns and the four stages of sleep, indicating that the most active dreaming occurs in the fourth stage. Demonstrates the placement of electrodes on a subject's head and the use of a polygraph to record such responses as EEG patterns and eye movements.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.