Sentences with phrase «wave sleep stage»

But in another session, a tone would wake them and prevent them from entering a slow - wave sleep stage.

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Many of us get about an hour to an hour and a half less sleep per night than we need... Naps of 90 to 120 minutes usually comprise all stages, including REM and deep slow - wave sleep, which helps to clear your mind, improve memory recall, and recoup lost sleep....

Short naps skimp on slow - wave sleep (SWS), a sleep stage associated with reduced stress hormone levels.

At the University of Lübeck in Germany, neuroscientist Jan Born studies the deepest stage of sleep, known as the slow - wave stage because of its characteristic electrical rhythm.

The changes in sleep architecture we observed are in an optimal direction, that is, more rich, slow wave sleep and less light or Stage 1 sleep, is a shift in the positive direction.»

They spent a significantly greater part of the night in deep, slow - wave sleep, a sleep stage where memories are replayed and consolidated to long - term storage.

While slow wave sleep was greater in those with a TBI they also had less non-REM stage 1 sleep, a form of very light sleep seen during the wake - to - sleep transition.

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.

And don't get sleep scientists started on the accuracy of those sleep graphs; according to researchers, it's brain waves, not wrist movement, that indicate what stage of sleep you're in.

Once a person enters stage 3 sleep, the brain begins to produce the slow and deep waves of delta sleep.

These brain waves are thought to emerge from the thalamus and are generally associated with slow - wave sleep (during stages three and four of the stages of sleep.)

The amount of time spent in each sleep phase — stage 1, stage 2, slow wave sleep (or SWS — stage 3 and 4 combined) and REM sleep — was determined and expressed in minutes and as a percentage of total sleep time.

Healthy young and middle - aged adults spend about 20 % to 25 % of their sleeping hours in the stages known as slow - wave sleep (so called because of the brain waves associated with it).

Another published in 2011 found that healthy men 65 and older with normal blood pressure were nearly twice as likely to develop hypertension during the study if they spent less time in the deepest sleep stage (known as slow - wave sleep) compared with those who spent the most time deeply asleep.

In stage 2, brain waves slow and body temperature drops to prepare for deeper sleep.

The slowest and h2est waves on an EEG, delta waves, are where mammals sleep the deepest (stages 3 and 4).

Stage 3 (NREM3) is the deep or slow - wave sleep characterized by delta brain waves of 0.5 - 4 Hz.

• Stage 4 → Also known as «slow wave sleep».

Slow - wave sleep is a sleep stage associated with reduced levels of cortisol (a stress hormone) and reduced inflammation.

ZMA improves and extends stage 3 and stage 4 slow - wave sleep.

Researchers found that greater fiber intake predicted more time spent in the stage of deep, slow wave sleep.

When the alpha waves disappear, replaced by theta waves, the sleeper has tumbled into the sensory void called stage one sleep.

Deep sleep, also called «slow - wave sleep,» is thought to be the most restorative sleep stage, but its significance for physical well - being has not been demonstrated.

Cortisol is at its lowest and growth hormone is at its highest during slow wave sleep (deepest stage of sleep).

Thus, stage 1 (i.e., drowsy sleep) has the lowest arousal threshold; stage 2 (i.e., light sleep) is intermediate; and stages 3 and 4 (i.e., deep sleep), which collectively are also called slow - wave sleep (SWS), have the highest arousal threshold.

«Dogs and humans have the same type of slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) and during this REM stage dogs can dream.