Behavioural adaptations of a ringtail possum include: 1  They nest in hollows in trees, enabling them to stay clear of predators. 2  When habitat is cleared, they adapt quickly and easily, moving into the roof space in houses, or any other available space such as dog kennels or fireplaces. They nest in hollows in trees, enabling them to stay clear of predators. 2  When habitat is cleared, they adapt quickly and easily, moving into the roof space in houses, or any other available space such as dog kennels or fireplaces.
Here your body functions slow down even more. Your brainwaves become longer and slower as your body prepares for the next stage of sleep. NREM Stage 3. Stage 3, also known as slow wave sleep is the last stage of sleep. Here your body is in a deep sleep. Waking someone from this stage would be pretty difficult and if you managed it, they would feel very groggy, tired and disoriented.
Polysomnography monitors your sleep stages and cycles to identify if or when your sleep patterns are disrupted and why. The normal process of falling asleep begins with a sleep stage called non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During this stage, your brain waves, as recorded by electroencephalography (EEG), slow down considerably. Your eyes don't move back and forth rapidly during NREM, in contrast to later stages of sleep. After an hour or two of NREM sleep, your brain activity picks up again, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep begins. Most dreaming occurs during REM sleep. You normally go through four to six sleep cycles a night, cycling between NREM and REM sleep in about 90 minutes.