Word: dozing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...duty shift workers trying to get to sleep are still battling their bodies' natural inclinations, this time to get up. When they do manage to doze off, their rest tends to be fitful, since other bodily functions keep to their usual rhythms. "Nightworkers are often up at noon because their brain and bladder wake them up," explains Dr. Charles Czeisler, director of the sleep laboratory at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "The average nightworker sleeps less than the typical dayworker does...
...deeper with experts into the mysteries of sleep, reporter-researcher Janice Horowitz became self-conscious about what is usually a natural act. "The minute my head hit the pillow, I began wondering about which stage of sleep I was approaching," she says. "I was actually watching myself trying to doze off." Joan Menschenfreund, who coordinated the story's photography, tries to cure occasional sleeplessness by watching TV. She's careful to pick soporific fare: "I sometimes get so involved in the program that I'm more wide awake than ever." And some think that if they absolutely, positively...
...into how visual and auditory stimuli can affect the brain. As it functions, the brain emits energy waves in four frequency ranges called wave states: beta, which is the normal, alert state; alpha, a slower pace noted when people are relaxed and creative; theta, the level just before people doze off, when intense learning can occur; and delta, which is deep sleep...