Bright Light Can Activate Our Light-Sensitive Retinal Proteins,which Then Signal

question 190

Multiple Choice

Bright light can activate our light-sensitive retinal proteins,which then signal the brain's suprachiasmatic nucleus to

• A) increase desynchronization.
• B) decrease desynchronization.
• C) increase production of melatonin.
• D) decrease production of melatonin.

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Definitions:

Voluntary Muscles

Muscles that are under conscious control, allowing movements such as walking, grabbing, or speaking.

Brain Waves

Electrical patterns generated by the brain that can be measured and are indicative of different states of consciousness.

Sleep Duration

The amount of time spent in various stages of sleep during a typical sleep cycle, including both REM and non-REM sleep.

N2 Sleep

A stage of sleep characterized by sleep spindles and K-complexes, marking a deeper sleep than N1 and preceding the deeper states of N3 and REM sleep.