Although investigators are still not sure whether the immediate cause of SIDS deaths is due to respiratory failure or cardiac arrest, patterns of infant sleep, breathing, and arousal are a major focus of research in the early 2000s.
Childhood night terrors are a form of confusional arousal.
Confusional arousal-A partial arousal state occurring during the fourth stage of deepest sleep.
Controlled breathing helps reverse the physical arousal associated with anger.
Fetishes are specific objects or actions which, for some people, not only heighten arousal and enjoyment but may be essential to satisfying sex.
He relished the sensations of her hot mouth and soft skin, the scent of her arousal and the way her body molded against his.
Her arousal was another turn on.
Her eyes swirled with arousal, and her parted, plump lips threatened his resolve.
His arousal rose solid and thick against her belly, and the soft towel agitated her straining nipples.
Homosexuality is the consistent sexual and emotional attraction, including fantasy, interest, and arousal to a person of the same sex.
However, it is known that when infants sleep on their backs they are more prone to arousal, and SIDS is often thought to involve a failure to rouse from sleep.
However, lucid dreams do tend to occur in periods of higher cortical arousal.
It was the passion of full arousal.
It's become a habit for many Americans to fall asleep while watching television, but the light and sound from the television can actually keep you in a state of arousal and prevent you from achieving the deeper stages of sleep.
Lucid dreams do tend to occur in periods of higher cortical arousal.
Night terrors are a confusional arousal resulting from immature sleep patterns with an intense activation of the flight or fight emotion.
Nightmares are different than the non-dream sleep disturbance known as a night terror, which causes only a partial arousal from deep sleep and occurs during the first period of sleep known as slow-wave sleep (SWS).
Patients may think that they are getting a full night's sleep because they are unaware of the periodic arousal that interferes with sleeping.
Physiological arousal declines but remains higher than normal and the body replenishes the hormones released by the adrenal glands.
Primary insomnia can be caused by many things, including a traumatic event related to sleep or bedtime, and it is often associated with increased physical or psychological arousal at night.
Relaxation techniques, including meditation, may be employed in order to control the symptoms of physiological arousal and provide a tool the child can use to control his or her response.
She felt his arousal against her backside, while his other hand rested on the bare skin of her hip.
She felt the thick, long proof of his arousal hard against her belly, but his effort to provide comfort rather than tend his own pleasure made her feel even safer in her killer's arms.
Since you are low on sleep and in a heightened state of arousal, you may forget things you normally had no problem remembering and you may be startled easily.
Some postulate that the brain systems that regulate arousal and attention are also involved in regulating sleep patterns, and there is significant evidence to support this.
Stage two sleep involves a change in brain-wave patterns and increased resistance to arousal and accounts for 45-55 percent of total sleep time.
Tantric sexual practices are designed to prolong and heighten arousal.
The arousal that occurs throughout the night often goes unnoticed by the sleeper, and in many cases, it is the sleeping partner who notices the disorder.
The central nervous system is unable to regulate arousal and self-regulation.
The child also has physical signs of arousal, like sweating and shaking.
The diaphragm can be inserted anytime before sexual intercourse, but studies show that it may be more effective if it is in place before a woman gets aroused as the vagina may change shape during arousal.
The heat of his bare chest beneath her hands and the hardness of his arousal against her belly made need roar to life within her.
The two prerequisites for this form of maltreatment are sexual arousal towards children and the willingness to act on this arousal.
There are others, and the book provides a method for systematic stimulation of the erogenous zones that creates a delightful state of arousal.
They are sometimes described as disorders of physiological arousal during sleep.
They occur in the deepest stage of sleep and are characterized by an abrupt arousal, usually within the first hour of sleep.
This area includes the amygdala, an area associated with emotional arousal, and the anterior hippocampus, which is associated with long-term memory.
When infants are exposed to variations in the sights and sounds in their environment, some become aroused and demonstrate this arousal by moving their arms and legs and fretting or crying.
While men are visually stimulated by images, women enjoy the stimulation and arousal of erotic literature, poetry and words.
With a groan, Deidre leaned into him, tasting and feeling his arousal.