Carlotta Is a Research Assistant in the College Sleep Lab

question 486

Multiple Choice

Carlotta is a research assistant in the college sleep lab. As she monitors the EEG recording of a sleeping research participant in the lab, she notes the presence of theta brain waves, sleep spindles, and K complexes. Carlotta concludes that the subject is experiencing:

• A) REM sleep.
• B) stage 4 NREM.
• C) a hypnagogic hallucination.
• D) stage 2 NREM.

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