Psychology Dictionary
  • Psychology Resources
  1. Home
  2. middle insomnia

middle insomnia

middle insomnia

a period of sleeplessness that occurs after falling asleep normally, with difficulty in falling asleep again. It is a common symptom of a major depressive disorder. Also called broken sleep. Compare initial insomnia; terminal insomnia. See also segmented sleep.

Related Terms

nonassociative learning

nonassociative learning a process in which an organism’s be...

behavioral model

behavioral model a conceptualization of psychological disor...

cuneate fasciculus

cuneate fasciculus the lateral portion of either of the dor...

brightness

brightness n. the perceptual correlate of light intensity....

great commissure

great commissure 1. in vertebrate brains, the corpus callos...

good continuation

good continuation one of the gestalt principles of organiza...

Quick Info

Category Psychology Term
Definitions 1
First Letter M

Browse by Letter


A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

© 2025 PsychologyDB.com All rights reserved.

Terms Sitemap Contact