OCR GCSE Psychology · J203
Paper 2
Revise: Functions and Disorders of SleepREM sleep contributes to strengthening connections involved in learning, while sleep helps protect newly formed memories from interference by later experiences. Sleep also supports attention, decision-making, problem-solving and creative connections between ideas. Waste products produced during waking activity are cleared more efficiently during sleep.
- Revise: Activation Synthesis Theory: Brain Processes and Evaluation
Rapid eye movement sleep: a stage of sleep involving rapid eye movements, high brain activity and temporary paralysis of most voluntary muscles.