If You Could Compare EEG Recordings from a Teenager and Her

question 17

Multiple Choice

If you could compare EEG recordings from a teenager and her grandmother,what should you expect

• A) Both of these individuals will sleep for the same length of time, but the grandmother will spend substantially less time in REM sleep. 
• B) Both of these individuals will sleep for the same length of time, but the grandmother will spend substantially more time in REM sleep. 
• C) The grandmother will sleep less than the teenager, but both will spend about 20 percent of their sleep time in REM sleep. 
• D) The grandmother will sleep less than the teenager, and also experience proportionately less REM sleep.

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Definitions:

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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