Sentences with phrase «wave sleep patterns»

Drinking alcohol before bed is linked with more slow - wave sleep patterns called delta activity.

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From the earliest weeks of life, when an infant is taught to control hunger in order to meet the sleeping needs of parents and to fit into a social pattern in which people do not eat during the night; through babyhood, where etiquette skills include learning conventional greetings such as morning kisses and waving bye - bye; to toddler training in such concepts as sharing toys with a guest, refraining from hitting, and expressing gratitude for presents, manners are used to establish a basis for other virtues.

Studies have shown that inconsistent noises, such those from a tv show or a mobile playing a lullaby, inhibit sleep.The ideal noise for sleepers is called pink noise, whose consistent short - wave patterns promote more restorative sleep.

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.

Patients with fibromyalgia frequently have sleep problems: Their deep sleep brain wave patterns are often disrupted by brain waves that correspond to wakefulness.

Those who woke during REM sleep and successfully recalled their dreams were more likely to demonstrate a pattern of EEG oscillations called theta waves in frontal and prefrontal cortex areas — the parts of the brain where our most advanced thinking occurs.

In addition, during sleep the brain - wave patterns of dogs are similar to people's, and they exhibit the same stages of electrical activity that are observed in humans — all of which is consistent with the idea that dogs are dreaming.

This memory speeds up recognition of sounds in the learner's native language and can be detected as a pattern of brain waves, even in a sleeping baby.

Sleep tests included monitoring brain wave patterns, eye movements, heart rhythm, muscle activity, airflow at the nose and mouth, chest movements, and snoring.

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?

It occurs because the changing sleep patterns cause the brain waves to get out of rhythm.

LA JOLLA — Every night while you sleep, electrical waves of brain activity circle around each side of your brain, tracing a pattern that, were it on the surface of your head, might look like the twin hair buns of Star Wars» Princess Leia.

The researchers saw something interesting in the brain scans of short sleepers that they didn't see in the «normal» group: During their time in the MRI, their brain waves exhibited patterns more typically of sleep than of wakefulness.

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.

# 11 Special acoustic recordings that increase specific brain wave patterns for relaxation and sleep

These give rise to alpha brain wave patterns, a pre-sleep state flowing down to the theta pattern of memory, dreams and deep meditation and, finally, to delta wave patterns of dreamless sleep and the collective unconscious.

Researchers have found that during sleep, the brain wave patterns of dogs are comparable to that of humans, pointing to the high likelihood of doggy dreams.

Research conducted by Matthew Wilson and Kenway Louie of MIT proved that during sleep, dogs brains go through similar brain wave patterns as humans (see reference below).

These sleep study tests, which your health insurance will most likely cover, reveals brain wave activity, respiratory patterns, chest muscle activity and oxygenation.

We already know that there are different kinds of brain waves for different activities, and that the pattern looks different if you're sleeping versus really concentrating.