Question

As a part of a research, Natasha initially had difficulty falling asleep in the sleep lab, but finally drifted into sleep and was not awakened when a student researcher knocked a can of soda off the desk. The electroencephalograph (EEG) is displaying theta waves with occasional sleep spindles. The researchers feel confident that Natasha is:

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

When electroencephalograph (EEG) is displaying theta waves with occasional sleep spindles, the patient is in deep relaxation and in the second stage of sleep where there is a dominance of theta waves and occasional burst of sleep spindles. In this stage small distubances and sound does not break the sleep. In addition appearance of K- complexes is often associated with stage two sleep.