Sleep - Overview and Definition
Sleep is a behavioral state of restricted physical activity. It is controlled by our internal biological clock.
Sleep is a behavioral state of restricted physical activity. It is controlled by our internal biological clock.
Alexandros Vgontzas, a sleep expert and professor of psychiatry, monitored young men and women who spent 13 consecutive nights in his sleep lab.
They slept eight hours per night for the first four nights, six hours per night for the next six nights, followed by three 'recovery nights' of ten hours' sleep.
About Sleep Disorder
Sleep disorders can either be having difficulty in getting sleep or dozing off at inappropriate time.
Sleep disorders can either be having difficulty in getting sleep or dozing off at inappropriate time.
"The usual practice of extending sleep during the weekend after a busy work week associated with mild sleep loss is not adequate in reversing the cumulative effects on cognitive function resulting from this mild sleep deprivation," he added.
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Sleeping Disorders
How many times have you stayed awake in the dead of the night counting sheep? If it is fairly often then you could be suffering from a sleep disorder!
How many times have you stayed awake in the dead of the night counting sheep? If it is fairly often then you could be suffering from a sleep disorder!
When Classes Start Later, College Students Sleep Longer but Drink More and Get Lower Grades
It has emerged that although a class schedule with later start times allows colleges students to get more sleep, it also gives them more time to stay out drinking at night.
It has emerged that although a class schedule with later start times allows colleges students to get more sleep, it also gives them more time to stay out drinking at night.
