According to a study published in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, a higher level
of alertness between breakfast and lunch is more associated with a meal high in fiber and carbs than it is with a low - carb meal.
Not exact matches
Just as he himself oscillated
between periods
of vitality and tiredness,
alertness and sleep, and lived out his life
between birth and death, so the life
of the earth itself was subject to a cosmic ebb and flow.
Even within human experience, we can note wide differences
between moments
of intense
alertness and moments
of drowsy semiconsciousness shading off into unconsciousness.
According to some authorities the majority
of infants do not immediately begin to suckle if placed
between the mother's breasts but rather enter a period
of rest and quiet
alertness.
While it can be helpful to track diaper output on a daily basis
between regular checkups, diaper output alone can not substitute for an accurate weight and other indicators
of good milk intake, such as
alertness, responsiveness, and growth in length and head circumference.
Our sleep - wake cycle, or circadian rhythm, is the result
of a complex balance
between states
of alertness and sleepiness regulated by a part
of the brain called Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SNC); in puberty, shifts in our body clocks push optimal sleep later into the evening, making it extremely difficult for most teenagers to fall asleep before 11.00 pm.
When the cats were kept awake by encouraging them to play with toy lizards for 6 hours — an unusually long stretch
between cat naps — adenosine levels soared higher than during normal states
of alertness.
The findings demonstrate an interaction
between synchronous oscillations in the brain, attention to a task and external signs
of alertness.
Clipped to the strap
of my sports bra is a Sunsprite, a little gizmo that looks like a cross
between a Fitbit and a transistor radio, which tracks how close I've gotten to the amount
of light science suggests can improve mood, boost my
alertness, and keep my circadian rhythms (aka my sleep - wake cycles) on track.
According to a recent finding by Richard E. Harris, PhD, research assistant professor at the University
of Michigan Medical Centers Department
of Internal Medicine in Ann Arbor, Mich., theres a positive correlation
between acupressure and increased
alertness.
The press release includes a wonderful quote from James Brooks from a 1963 article in Time Magazine on the occasion
of his retrospective at the Whitney Museum
of American Art: «The crucial thing for a painter is getting to the point where he can maintain some sort
of pictorial balance
between alertness and dumbness, where he is thinking but it can't be classified as thinking.»
In terms
of studies regarding behavioral problems, one extensive meta - analysis
of the relationship
between sleep deprivation and cognition in school - aged children found a significant increase in behavioral problems in children with shorter sleep duration.25) Additionally, sleep deprivation resulted in a significant increment in
alertness and emotional reactivity in children, which led to delinquency, long - term emotional and behavioral difficulties.26 — 28) Consistent with such findings, sleep deprived subjects were more alert to negative stimuli, 29) and more susceptible to exaggerated aggressive impulses.30) Emotional lability and impulsivity were all strongly correlated with sleep deprivation, 31) with the severity
of emotional dysregulation worsening as a function
of the degree
of sleep restriction.32)
This type
of hyper -
alertness can negatively affect the relationship causing resentment to build
between both parties.