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No Top-Down Control for Sleep and Wakefulness
- kentosi 17y agointeresting research. it would be helpful if they found a way of developing a habit of making the entire brain wake up instantly in the morning rather than the 30 min to 1 hour delay for some parts. i find that this is a constant battle every morning, which is why i hit the "snooze" button every 10 mins for half n hour before actually getting out of bed.
- danek 17y agomaybe this explains why i always feel brain dead and jetlagged on work days until after 11am
- dmix 17y agoI used to have the same problem. Wake up at the same time every day, even weekends (important) and take power naps in the afternoons. I think our bodies are biologically wired to require naps in order to stay alert/energized.
- Darmani 17y agoOften when trying to sleep after a long period of deprivation, it feels different, in that I can actually feel individual systems switching off -- I might have music playing through my head but be incapable of conscious (subvocalized) thought, or vice versa, but if I'm aware of anything other than breathing, then I'm far from sleep. And, after a few hours of lying in bed trying to sleep (knowingly without success), I might suddenly feel wide awake to a greater extent than what would be expected from normal sleepiness/wakefulness cycles. This finding jibes well with my experiences.
- ggt 17y agoIt could be much more interesting if they told how to fight constant dizinness...
- rjurney 17y agoSo thats why I can't code today. I'm taking a nap.