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Deutsch: Skinner-Box / Español: Caja de Skinner / Português: Caixa de Skinner / Français: Boîte de Skinner / Italian: Scatola di Skinner

Skinner Box is a controlled environment used in behavioral psychology to study and manipulate animal behavior. Named after B.F. Skinner, this apparatus allows researchers to conduct experiments involving operant conditioning, where subjects (typically animals like rats or pigeons) learn to associate specific actions with consequences.

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Sleep is a physical and mental resting state in which a person becomes relatively inactive and unaware of the environment.

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Sleep apnea refers to the disorder involving brief periods when breathing ceases during sleep.

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According to Dr. William Dement, Sleep Debt is created when personal sleep requirements are not met.

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Deutsch: Schlafstörung / Español: Trastorno del Sueño / Português: Distúrbio do Sono / Français: Trouble du Sommeil / Italiano: Disturbo del Sonno

In the context of psychology, a sleep disorder refers to conditions that affect the quality, timing, or duration of sleep, significantly impacting a person's overall health, mood, and ability to function.

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Sleep efficiency (SE) refers to the percentage of time actually spent sleeping of the total time spent in bed.

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sleep terror refers to the episode of apparent awakening from sleep which is accompanied by signs of panic and followed by disorientation and amnesia for the incident. Sleep terrors occur during non-rapid eye movement sleep and so do not involve frightening dreams.

sleep terrors refers to a form of parasomnia that occurs during deep sleep and is characterized by abrupt awakening, accompanied by autonomic arousal but no recall.

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