Two hospital teams published reports about patients whose sleep changed after neurological damage.
| Report | Number of patients | Recorded area of damage | Sleep pattern after the damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | Hypothalamus and neighbouring tissue | Sleep and waking drifted across the day |
| B | 3 | Hypothalamus only | All three patients slept in short stretches across the 24 hours |
Explain which report provides stronger evidence that damage to the hypothalamus changes sleep. Use all the evidence in the table.
33 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 6.3 Application: Development of treatments for insomnia, covering 6.3.1 Managing insomnia and 6.3.2 Neurological damage to the hypothalamus. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.