Masahiro Carries on Detailed and Quite Fluent Conversations with Himself

question 37

Multiple Choice

Masahiro carries on detailed and quite fluent conversations with himself in the middle of the night. His wife suspects that he is not really asleep and insists he be tested at the university sleep lab one night. The EEG revealed he was truly asleep while conversing
With himself. The brain activity helped the researchers establish _.

• A) that when he awoke he could remember what he had said
• B) the correspondence between his mental state and the deep stages of sleep
• C) the correspondence between stressful events in his life and his sleep stages
• D) that his conversations were delusional and corresponded to his fatigue levels

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Definitions:

Frontal Lobes

Regions of the brain involved in decision making, problem solving, control of purposeful behaviors, consciousness, and emotions.

Rehabilitation Therapist

A healthcare professional specialized in helping individuals recover, improve, or maintain the skills needed for daily functioning that have been lost or impaired due to illness, injury, or disability.

Hippocampus

A part of the brain crucial for memory formation and spatial navigation, located within the temporal lobes.

Basal Ganglia

A group of nuclei in the brain associated with a variety of functions, including motor control and learning.