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Chapter 4, Consciousness and Its Variations• New Prologue, “Even in Good Men,” tells the story of Scott Falater, whoclaimed no memory of murdering his wife during a sleepwalking episode.• Revised opening discussion on historical interest in consciousness• Completely rewritten and updated section, “Circadian Rhythms and Sunlight:The 24.2 Hour Day”• New photo and discussion of the prenatal emergence of circadian rhythms• Revised and updated In Focus box, “What You Really Want to Know AboutSleep,” presents the latest research on causes, possible purposes, and contagioneffect of yawning; sleep talking; sleep paralysis; and the potential dangers ofwaking a sleepwalker• New Focus on Neuroscience, “The Sleep-Deprived Emotional Brain”• “Changing Patterns of Sleep Over the Lifespan” is completely rewritten withrecent research and new figure• New section, “Do We Need to Sleep?” explores the physical and psychologicalimpact of sleep restriction and sleep deprivation• Revised and rewritten section, “Dreams and Mental Activity During Sleep,”features the latest research on sleep and memory consolidation, common dreamthemes and imagery, gender differences in dream content, nightmares, andsignificance of dreams• New Focus on Neuroscience, “The Dreaming Brain: Turning REM On andOff” discusses brain and neurotransmitter patterns that produce the 90-minuteREM cycles• Reorganized and thoroughly updated sleep disorders section contains newdiscussions contrasting dyssomnias and parasomnias, and adds new coverage ofsleep-related eating disorder and sleepsex• New photo and caption discussing the role of the popular sleeping medicationAmbien in precipitating parasomnia episodes of sleep eating and sleep driving• Revised and updated discussion of hypnosis includes hypnosis susceptibility,sensory and perceptual changes, using hypnosis for habit control• Revised and updated Critical Thinking box, “Is Hypnosis a Special State ofConsciousness?”• Updated discussion on the role of racial and genetic differences influencingreduced susceptibility to alcohol abuse• Revised and updated Focus on Neuroscience box, “The Addicted Brain:Diminishing Rewards”• New photo discussion using Michael Jackson’s death to illustrate that the majorityof unintentional drug overdoses are caused by prescription drugs, not illicit drugs• New section on inhalants• Updated discussion and research on alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, nicotine,marijuana, and ecstasy (MDMA)• New photo discussion on the history of medical marijuana and its use incontemporary medicine• New Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology section describes how to usestimulus control therapy to treat insomnia and specific strategies to preventsleep problemsChapter 5, Learning• New section on higher order conditioning• New photo illustrations of conditioned emotional reactions, primary andsecondary reinforcers, accidental reinforcement, and learned helplessnessxxiii