300233 VO Sleep and Dreams: Evolution, Physiology and Culture (2013W)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

O. Univ. Prof. Dr. John Dittami, Department Anthropologie, Uni Wien
Mag. Gerhard Kloesch Neurologische Klinik AKH Wien, Med. Uni. Wien
A.o. Uni. Prof. Dr. Berd Saletu?
LV: 300233 VO 1 Stünde, 2 ECTS in English and Englermanisch

Ankündigungsgespräch nicht verpflichtend: 15. Oktober 17:00 Seminarraum Zoologie Althanstr. 14
Vorlesungterminen: 18-21. November, 25-28. November und 2-5. December 2013 18:00-20:30, Seminarraum Zoologie Althanstr. 14

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Sprache: Deutsch, Englisch

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

18. November: sleep as a phenomena in plants, animals and humans; theories of sleep, its evolution and expression - sleep extremes from bacteria to birds
19. November: Sleep as a phenomena in plants, animals and humans; theories of sleep, its evolution and expression - sleep extremes from bacteria to birds 20. November: Measuring sleep and its structures - human sleep cultures 21. November: Sleep as part of the circadian system: oscillators and Zeitgeber -chronotypes, gender and genetics.
22. November: The physiology of sleep - sleep and nutrition, sleep and immune function
26. November: Neurology and pharmacology of sleep - dreams and nightmares
27. November: Health, development and aging - mental states in sleep from lucid dreams to psychoses
28. November: Sleep disorders - sleep deprivation, shift-work, social jetlag
29. November: The future of sleep

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

27. December: health, development and aging - from lucid dreams to psychoses, sleep and stress
28. November Sleep and cognition
2. December human sleep cultures
3. December Sleep and dreams
4. December: the future of sleep
5. Examination

Prüfungsstoff

The course will be held as lectures and dialogues among participants. Teachers and students are allowed to speak in either English or German

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