Describe the changes in sleep patterns that occur as one ages
What will be an ideal response?
Age has been shown to alter the sleep cycle. Infants spend much more time in REM than do adults. The REM portion of sleep declines during childhood, leveling off at approximately 20% of sleep. During adulthood, sleep changes continue, with the percentage of slow-wave and REM sleep declining and the percentage of time spent in Stage 1 increasing. In the elderly, total sleep time declines slightly.
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