News tagged with awake state
What happens when we sleep
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Lack of sleep is a common complaint but for many, falling asleep involuntarily during the day poses a very real and dangerous problem. A new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at McGill University demonstrates ...
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Breaks in hibernation help fight bugs
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Aug 16, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say a habit in some animals to periodically awake during hibernation might be an evolutionary mechanism to fight bacterial infection.
Brain tweak lets sleep-deprived flies stay sharp
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Jul 31, 2008 |
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Staying awake slows down our brains, scientists have long recognized. Mental performance is at its peak after sleep but inevitably trends downward throughout the day, and sleep deprivation only worsens these effects.
New links between lucid dreaming and psychosis could revive dream therapy in psychiatry
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Similarities in brain activity during lucid dreaming and psychosis suggest that dream therapy may be useful in psychiatric treatment, a European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop has found. This is strengthened by the potential ...
Memories may be formed throughout the day, not just while sleeping
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Scientists have long thought that processes occurring during sleep were responsible for cementing the salient experiences of the day into long-term memories. Now, however, a study of scampering rats suggests that the mechanisms ...
'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers ...
A Single Neuron Can Change the Activity of the Whole Brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The pulsing of a single neuron can switch a brain’s waves from the equivalent of a big ocean swell to ripples on a pond, according to new research from Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator ...
Why we could all do with a siesta
Jun 01, 2006 |
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The Spaniards may have been right all along – a siesta after a hearty lunch is natural, new research suggests. Scientists at The University of Manchester have for the first time uncovered how brain cells or ‘neurons’ that ...
Decreased activity of basal ganglia is the main cause of abnormal muscle constrictions in dystonia
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Dystonia is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary abnormal muscle constrictions. More than 300,000 people in North America are affected, but the mechanism of abnormal muscle constrictions has not been well ...
Researchers find genes important to sleep
Feb 22, 2009 |
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For many animals, sleep is a risk: foraging for food, mingling with mates and guarding against predators just aren't possible while snoozing.
Probing Question: Can you train yourself to need less sleep?
Sep 07, 2006 |
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Not long ago I took a fishing trip with two friends. We woke before dawn after only four hours of sleep and headed out on the road. Fatigue set in quickly: As heads bobbed and eyelids eased shut, we drifted ...
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