Not exact matches
Every time their
brain signals settled into the
slow -
wave pattern characteristic of deep, dreamless sleep, the researchers sent a series of beeps through the headphones, gradually getting louder, until the participants»
slow -
wave patterns dissipated and they entered shallower sleep.
By giving the
brain a series of nudges — in other words, by triggering K - complexes — could they strengthen the
waves into a
pattern that mimicked
slow wave sleep?
When the researchers looked at the
brain patterns of the sleep groups, they found that the interrupted sleepers showed significantly less «
slow -
wave sleep» than the other two groups of sleepers that had slept continuously.
Neuroscientist mapping the
brain states accessed during meditation say that meditation
slows the
patterns called delta
waves.
If you could look at the
wave patterns being generated by the
brain, you would see a change from the rapid beta
waves of daytime to
slower alpha
waves.
In the
slower theta
brain wave pattern, the
brain makes lots of relaxing endorphins that really do — as you will see (or rather, feel) when you try it for yourself...