sleep inertia

collocation in English

meaningsofsleepandinertia

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sleep
noun
uk
/sliːp/us
/sliːp/
the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind ...
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inertia
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/us
/ˌɪnˈɝː.ʃə/
lack of activity or interest, or unwillingness to make an effort to ...
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(Definition ofsleepandinertiafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even after sufficient sleep,sleepinertiais experienced to a moderate degree on waking, with individual differences across the population.
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Sleepinertiais a normal transitional phase between sleep and wake, typically lasting from 5 to 30 min just after waking.
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The presence ofsleepinertiaamong children and adolescents with bipolar disorder has been reported clinically.
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The scanner sleep was also temporally removed from the next imaging period (ca. 24 h) so thatsleepinertia effects were not a concern and performance-enhancing effects not likely.
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Drugs such as caffeine can suppress the effect ofsleepinertia, possibly by blocking adenosine receptors in the brain.
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Scientific studies on sleep have shown that sleep stage at awakening is an important factor in amplifyingsleepinertia.
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They are: circadian phase,sleepinertia, acute sleep deprivation and chronic sleep deficit.
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Sleepinertiain terms of a serial addition task had a strong circadian rhythm.
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Sleepinertiacan also refer to the tendency of a person wanting to return to sleep.
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Sleepinertiais thought to be related to the phase of the body's circadian rhythm.
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Sleepinertiais the impaired cognitive performance immediately upon awakening, which decays over tens of minutes.
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Cognitive effectiveness is dependent upon the current balance of the sleep regulation process, the circadian process, andsleepinertia.
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There are no benefits to oversleeping and it can result insleepinertia, which is the feeling of drowsiness for a period of time after waking.
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Sleepinertiaoccurs normally after awakening.
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This phenomenon has been calledsleepinertia.
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